Sometimes, when I try to understand a person's motives, I play a little game. I assume the worst. What's the worst reason they could possibly have for saying what they say and doing what they do? Then I ask myself, "How well does that reason explain what they say and what they do?"

Reason and intent matter.

— So now, the artist's intention is buried in a sea of likes and thumbs up.
— But if the intention's still there If it's clear, it doesn't matter what the critic thinks.