Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Art is the signature of civilizations.
Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.
Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.
I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.
What the art world has done, it has been constantly been pushing the boundaries about what art can be. It's like expanding its territory.
What is art? Nature concentrated.