The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that it explains the way in which art takes its materials from real life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other illustrative duties, but that was still its central function that has been liberated in the art called modern.
Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.
Sometimes art imitates life.
Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.
In the past, art was admired and revered from afar. Today, there is more of an interactive relationship between the art and the person who admires it.
Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.