I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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 is so subjective, and people can react however they want.
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 about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.
Unfortunately, I haven't thought sufficiently about art. What I never realized - and it's really stupid - is the art world is the art world because all these thousands of famous and not-famous artists do things, over centuries. This hadn't occurred to me.
My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art.
Art is a kind of illness.
I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.
Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand fully.
Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it.
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