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He believes that all great art is necessarily hated due to the variety in human tastes, that to make it so nobody would hate a work of art, one must remove everything that makes it special, therefore making it so that it is loved by nobody. Being hated is not proof that art is great, but not being hated is proof that it is not.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}} He believes that art is about emotion, examination and going places people have never gone before to discover and investigate new things; it is from this definition of art, and his recognition of the subjective nature of aesthetic taste, that he argues that all great art is necessarily hated by somebody.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}} When questioning himself on how many people need to love a work of art to outweigh the hate it inevitably inspires, and balance out the risk. Thus, if even one person loves a work, no matter how many people hate it, it is worthwhile.{{book ref|sa3|epilogue}}
He believes that stories don't live until it is imagined in someone's mind, and that everyone's experience of the story is individual and unique. Following from this, believes that the meaning of a story is on the audience themselves to decide; that it is not meant to tell them how to think, but instead to give them questions to think upon.{{book ref|sa1|57}} He thinks that the answers that people take from, and interpretations people have of, stories is based upon what they themselves are looking for.{{book ref|sa1|57}} His belief in how stories take on life in the minds of an audience is likely
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