As a lover of great art, I am privileged to be in the exclusive position of being able to finance and ultimately determine what is defined as great art.

Whilst one appreciates such great talents as Michelangelo, Da Vinci Vermeer, Holbein, Velazquez, Ingres, etc., (and we are very fortunate to have such superb art available within The State of Europe), we all know that most of us can not produce art to that standard.

So, to ensure that everyone can have the chance to be an artist, regardless of their ability, I strongly believe that the EU should use taxpayers money to support modern artistic expression.

It has been said that modern artistic expression is dominated by an attempt to destroy precise definitions and disintegrate man's consciousness, thereby reducing it to mere sensations, to the enjoyment of meaningless colours, scribble, noises and moods.

But we say, so what? What's wrong with a good "sensation"?

After all, isn't man just an animal of basic instincts and sensations anyway, without a conceptual faculty?

If a few thousand untalented citizens feel good when they are promoted as great artists, isn't that a good thing? Of course it is.

One does not need to draw, paint, or sculpt in a representational manner to be an artist.

Just because an artwork ceases to present an intelligible object does not mean that it is not art. I mean, if you were to look at some of my artwork for example, (which, incidentally has won numerous EU awards), you would see that none of it makes sense, but that doesn't mean it is not art.

I leave it up to intellectual art critics and dealers to tell me what it means.

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