where there is no gift there is no art

Provocative article in the Sunday New York Times magazine about Lewis Hyde. sent me off to learn what I could find of Hyde. It turns out, I have encountered him before (Co-Evolution Quarterly, 1983), but it was so long ago I didn't know that I needed to reflect on these things.

Perusing Hyde's website while I wait my turn in queue at the library, I find this:

"...a work of art can survive without the market, but where there is no gift there is no art"