If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
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.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
Art will not solve your problems. It will not enable you to live merrily.
Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.
Art is an attempt to integrate evil.