For
Some works look meaningless and require little effort.
Against
It communicates feelings beyond literal forms.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Most modern art is low-effort art that gets too much credit for what it is.”
“Why pay millions for colored rectangles or splatters that look like they took no effort?”
“Abstract works may not be conventionally pretty, but effort and emotion went into them.”
“Abstract artists sought emotional responses without cultural symbolism, creating art without meaning but not without intent or emotion.”