It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Artists should bring light and hope even when real sunshine is missing.
- In plain terms
- Artists create light when the sun fails.
- What can you take from it?
- Be a source of hope when things are dark.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you bring light?
- When do you create?
Another view
Art cannot always fix real-world suffering.
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