I think you are right Stu, when you say that you can't point to any one condition that will produce great art...if you could then we would probably loose much of the mystique and wonderment that surrounds it; maybe we would all be creating it if one would identify that magic touch.

...and you are right about the socio eco comment, there are countless examples when you start to think about it.

Interesting, when you start to think the pressures of producing "the next great piece of art" and relating that to the pressures of producing art when you are the progeny of a great artist...Jacob Dylan, Sofia Copola, any one of a given Bach's etc. ...just try and be true to yourself!!! ...yeah right.