melanyouth: If we cannot agree on what is art, perhaps we can agree that there is something very spiritual about the human desire to create, when it is sincere; and that for every crass opportunist selling not art but his ego, there is a quiet soul working by a measure different from his fellows. It is called art only because we don’t have another word for it. The photograph shows Wolfgang Laib

melanyouth:

If we cannot agree on what is art, perhaps we can agree that there is something very spiritual about the human desire to create, when it is sincere; and that for every crass opportunist selling not art but his ego, there is a quiet soul working by a measure different from his fellows. It is called art only because we don’t have another word for it.

The photograph shows Wolfgang Laib

  1. Date Posted Icon 29th August 2009
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    This quote is actually from melanyouth, I mistakenly attributed it to Wolfgang Laib when I reblogged it. Sorry about...
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