Fountain is in the realm of trolling art museums, and I appreciate that. I also appreciate the dadaist sentiment of rejecting art snobbery.

I’m not a huge fan of the “everything is art” mindset, but I don’t mind it on its own. The part that’s bothering me, which you’re highlighting, is the Emperor’s New Clothes treatment some of these pieces, like The Treachery of Images, get. The art sages say it’s a thought provoking masterpiece. I say it’s simple, and I get called a simpleton.

I’m not saying you have to agree with my opinion. Just let me have it in peace. Don’t let dadaism turn back into snobbery.