The pursuit of lucre destroyed him as an artist just as it is destroying art in general.
"We feel that it is unacceptable for him to destroy art in this way."
Jeanne-Claude added, "We find it outrageous that some people can destroy art."
This comparison seems to be an effort to make peace with modern technology, conceding that it can enhance experience and does not necessarily destroy art.
Still, living slavishly in the past destroys art as surely as it does people.
We seem keener on destroying art than placing it at the center of civic life.
When you consider that dadaists sought to destroy art and all its institutions?
The woman was now repeating herself, and going on at length about how she hated the political and religious forces which destroyed art and buildings.
The wicked colorizers, they say, are nothing but a bunch of guys trying to make a buck and are in the process destroying art.
This is undoubtedly true, but what about the Hollywood moguls and directors who have destroyed other equally valid art in making their motion pictures?