Then an eccentric looking man said, Speak to us of Art.
And he said:
It might as easily be said that man could live without Art as that man could live without water.
Look upon the innocent scribblings of little children.
Doubt not that each of us emerged from the womb an artist.
Art is freedom.
That which is called Art, yet is made subservient to commerce is not Art.
That which is called Art, yet is made subservient to a Nation or State is not Art.
That which is called Art, yet is hanging in the Museum of Modern Art is not Art. That crap my six year old son could do, the Master explained.
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Poster Comment:
For those who funnily remember it, the whole text of Price-Stern-Sloan's circa 1975 parody of Gibran's 'The Prophet' -- without the "twelve mystical hard-to- understand drawings", alas ;-)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12439301-the-profit