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EternalCowabunga
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"All Art is Useless"
#5343090 - 02/26/06 09:20 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Oscar Wilde once said that "All art is useless". As a child I thought that I didn't really understand Art, or its purpose. I wondered why people went to Art galleries or bought paintings for their house.
As I grew older, I started to appreciate not only the aesthetically pleasing, but the ideas or concepts behind certain kinds of art. For some reason it does seem important that we have art programs in schools and we should encourage everyone to express themselves through a creative medium, though I'm not sure why I have this feeling.
I would like to hear your opinions on whether Art is more useful than for just self-expression, or if self-expression is primarily important for a human's life. I will share my opinions after.
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Cowgold
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Art communicates to the soul.
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dr0mni
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Re: "All Art is Useless" [Re: Cowgold]
#5343188 - 02/26/06 09:46 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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A substitute teacher told my friend once that "Music of pointless. Music is just for people who are afraid of silence!"
When I hear this I said "That's like saying that art is only for people who hate blank walls!"
Artistic creativity is a byproduct of our ability to communicate through symbolic abstractions. Art is just a way to express ideas that cannot be expressed through words. Hence why much art focuses on emotions as a subject.
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
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fresh313
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Re: "All Art is Useless" [Re: dr0mni]
#5343629 - 02/26/06 11:14 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Cowgold
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Re: "All Art is Useless" [Re: fresh313]
#5343730 - 02/26/06 11:45 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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The value of some art is not shared by the poperty owner; in some instances.
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fresh313
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Re: "All Art is Useless" [Re: Cowgold]
#5343923 - 02/27/06 01:09 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cowgold said: Art communicates to the soul.
someones soul is on that wall now fuck the property owner if they cant appreciate that id tell em they sold thier soul for $ art belongs to everyone, and so now does that wall
Edited by fresh313 (02/27/06 01:47 AM)
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Cowgold
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Re: "All Art is Useless" [Re: fresh313]
#5343927 - 02/27/06 01:17 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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If one man's property can't be respected why should another man's art be respected?
Regardless of the message, Don't paint on another man's canvas.
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