That doesn't mean there are no artistic compromises, just that they are subtler.
There were some problems with the physical production, which appeared to be the product of artistic compromises.
Shostakovich's relationship with the Stalin regime is famously complicated, still a subject of debate as to the degree of the composer's artistic and moral compromises.
Even though Merrick was sacrificing artistic compromise for the seat-selling Gleason, he was willing to give it up.
An unpredictable, moody character, Ferrer refused artistic compromise and therefore compromised his career.
Everyone in their inner circle has made artistic and moral compromises, thanks to grand ambition and the pressures of lightning-fast success.
Yorke likened its lyrics, which focus on political and artistic compromise, to "a preacher ranting in front of a bank of microphones."
Too often, "Frida" squeezes its carnal spirit into respectable clothes, enacting the artistic compromise that is one of its themes.
One of Kurbas' lead actors, Marjan Kurshelnytsky, led it until the 1960s, but had to make many artistic compromises.
I don't think he would know artistic compromise if it stared him in the face.