Good Art Has No Excuses

A saying which states that one artist (a writer, painter, author, musician, etc.) should be allowed to only make art for himself and not for random people he doesn't know, but should keep in mind that it should not excuse him from making poor quality art.

As a writer, I only write for myself and not random strangers who read my novels, but that doesn't excuse me from writing good quality books. Every artist should know that good art has no excuses. Ever.

by CelticEagle February 18, 2019

The Eve excuse

The eve excuse is when someone is discussing a topic and says they hate a certain part of it, so to defend themselves they say they hate the entire topic as well.

excuser:i hate men
person:why do you hate them all?
excuser:i just hate all people in general lol(this is the eve excuse)

by iustu January 25, 2021

Pathetic poor excuse for a husband

Johnny Kerrigan

Johnny kerrigan was a pathetic poor excuse for a husband

by Byebyeloserzjkkgdscnji August 22, 2022

Maine state-capital excuse

"Augusta". Used to absolve someone of blame for assorted objects' being messily scattered about.

Da classic "Maine state-capital excuse", in knock-knock-joke form:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Augusta!!!
Augusta, who?
Augusta wind musta blown all those things around --- I never touched 'em.

by QuacksO February 15, 2023

a reasonable excuse

a legendary, almost mythical and deeply sought after book of excuses , by the slippery author C.A.Woodhouse.

sorry I'm 4 days late from the stag do darling, but I do have 'a reasonable excuse'.

by brentoss March 10, 2024

Destiny's excuse

And you know what he does, right?

Hym "Here's his entire gambit: He asserts that there's some epistemological disparity between him and his opposition (No! It wasn't in 1948! It was in 1937! Meh!)

THEN he loads up 'What, do you believe reductio ad absurdum!? You can't possibly believe reductio ad absurdum!' (As known as 'What, do you believe in educational rape!? He believes in educational rape!' Which you can see between that last Muslim apologist and Matt Dillahunty) and then he shits out his little blob of ink-poop (It's not the reductio ad absurdum I just used to misrepresent you argument! The REAL TRUTH is somewhere in the nebulous cloud of ink-poop I just shit out!). And then he uses Ben Shapiro's rhetorical manipulation tactics of talking fast with his nasally voice. What a fucking dork! And the funnies part is: If I'm right about the wife thing... He's literally a serial rapist! And you know what destiny's excuse is going to be as to why you need to let him get away with it? 'But what about my kid guys!? You have to let me be a serial rapist because parental dictatorship guys! Meh! I need to sexually defraud all the pornstars cus Jordan Peterson was made to look like an absolute fool by the guy I'm pretending to be! I want to be special like Hym guys! Please let me be special guys!' And then you sit and agrue with this idiot about conceptually adjacent arguments I've make and it gets nowhere because it's INTENDED not to go anywhere! That's his whole purpose. Obfuscate the nature of the debate and prevent the discourse from moving in any direction!"

by Hym Iam May 6, 2024

The Polish excuse

Using the fact your parents were born in Poland as an excuse to break social etiquette in a way that does not accurately match how the Polish actually act at home.

"In my culture we regularly sick chewing gum onto couches, I'm Polish you cant blame me".
"Ah look at him using the Polish excuse again."

by Niko_D February 9, 2025