> i would be quite offended if, some thousand years from now, the aesthetic decision is dismissed as primitive superstition.

Why? I can't imagine being offended if people today, ignorant of the true motivations, dismissed it as primitive superstition, let alone a thousand years from now when I'm long dead.

look on my works, ye mighty, and dismiss them as mere superstition.

did the use of the word "offended" trigger this comment? fine, then i would not take offense. my point is this:

i prefer to be remembered by a future that feels it can learn something from the past. it would be sad to me to find out that the people of tomorrow do not regard my contributions.