Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Art offers freedom from rules and responsibility, which formal education often fails to acknowledge or value.
- In plain terms
- Art lets you break rules freely, something schools usually dislike.
- What can you take from it?
- True art thrives on freedom from obligation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should art be responsible?
- What does art teach?
Another view
Art can still carry ethical or social responsibilities.
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