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> [I think the word is counter-productive. Capitalism is counter-productive to art, just as the Catholic Church was counter-productive to art four hundred years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-think-the-word-is-counter-productive-capitalism-is-counter/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

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## More by Mick Farren

> [We think literature is immortal, but even that decays and ultimately turns to dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/we-think-literature-is-immortal-but-even-that-decays-and-ultimately/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [I like to write adventure stories; that's what I tell myself. But you can't help letting your own personality, your own experiences, slip through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-like-to-write-adventure-stories-that-s-what-i-tell-myself-but-you/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [You are frightened of everything. You call it caution. You call it common sense. You call it practicality. You call it playing the odds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/you-are-frightened-of-everything-you-call-it-caution-you-call-it/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [I was always totally convinced that three weeks after the revolution they'd put me up against the wall and shoot me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-was-always-totally-convinced-that-three-weeks-after-the-revolution/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [I was exactly having fun. I was stone miserable, but I wasn't hating doing it; I was loving doing it, but it's just damaged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-was-exactly-having-fun-i-was-stone-miserable-but-i-wasn-t-hating/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [I think the word is counter-productive. Capitalism is counter-productive to art, just as the Catholic Church was counter-productive to art four hundred years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-think-the-word-is-counter-productive-capitalism-is-counter/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [You can't go home and listen to Chopin, and just use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/you-can-t-go-home-and-listen-to-chopin-and-just-use-it/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [Every invention eventually becomes obsolete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/every-invention-eventually-becomes-obsolete/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [I'm not sure that Van Gogh got up in the morning and looked at the crows and the bizarre clouds and went damn that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-m-not-sure-that-van-gogh-got-up-in-the-morning-and-looked-at-the/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

> [“Just because it makes no sense doesn't mean it's not good advice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/just-because-it-makes-no-sense-doesn-t-mean-it-s-not-good-advice/)

[Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/)

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