Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women. The latter normally concerns itself with profit, the former with pleasure. In the coming age, art will fashion our entertainment out of new means of productivity in ways that will simultaneously enhance our profit and maximize our pleasure.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Art and science both improve lives, but art focuses on pleasure while science focuses on profit; future art may blend them.
- In plain terms
- Art and science help us but differ in goals; they may merge soon.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek innovations that serve both profit and joy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can profit and pleasure truly merge?
- What is art's true goal?
Another view
Profit and pleasure often remain separate.
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