An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Artists create items that are not necessities but are presented as good ideas.
- In plain terms
- Artists make things we do not need.
- What can you take from it?
- Value creativity even when it does not solve a need.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What distinguishes art from utility?
- Do we need all art?
Another view
Some art does solve practical problems.
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you take some chocolate ... and you take two pieces of bread ... and you put the candy in the middle and you make a sandwich of it. and that would be a cake.
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