When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.
I am always rethinking how art is perceived and received, questioning our relationship to art. That's always been a constant.
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.
Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated.
We're all going about trying to make beauty in the world and trying to make order out of chaos. And that's what art is.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.
Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
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