Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Artistic beauty often happens unintentionally while the artist focuses on practical goals.
- In plain terms
- Beauty usually happens when artists aim for other goals.
- What can you take from it?
- Chase goals, not beauty; it follows naturally.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Have you made something beautiful by accident?
- Is intent required for art?
Another view
Sometimes beauty is the intentional goal and succeeds.
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