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The artist who degenerates into a sloppy, dirty, and slovenly way of living which he or she calls "bohemian" possesses no aesthetic sensitivity, no refined feeling, and is unworthy of the name. True art requires a feeling for beauty which in turn requires the artist to follow a finer, more fastidious, way of living than the average. Filthy surroundings, a dirty body, and soiled clothes are not the appurtenances of such a way. True bohemianism is simply the disdain for the conventional pursuit of money and luxury at the cost of higher ideals. It is the willingness to live a simple life rather than sacrifice those ideals.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 1 : Appreciation > # 211