There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.
Can works be made which are not 'of art'?
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level.
Art, unlike the trades in the artistic capacity of fashion and food, can literally be anything. It can be the negation of itself and conceptually not present.
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.