A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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 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.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
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.
The role of art in society differs for every artist.
The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.
Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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