There isn't any art until some creature sees and consumes it. And has a reaction.
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Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
If art has a purpose, it is to interpret life, reproduce it in fresh visions.
What is art but a way of seeing?
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, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
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