Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
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.
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts.
Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.
The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
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.
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