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Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand fully.

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.

There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.