On the Truth of Decorative Art a Dialogue Between An Oriental And An Occidental
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Art holds the same place in human life as the eye-brows do in the human face. The eye-brow is decorative. It is there not for its own sake, but for the sake of the face, and it is there because nature wills it so. You self-concious artists are 44 On the Truth of Decorative Art assiduously trying to cultivate eye-brows in space. True art, like the eye-brow is a spontaneous growth. Yes, art is a natural excrescence of life which we Orientals passively accept, but you are so sophisticated that you... would have your lilies and roses toil and spin, hoping that thereby they will add to their beauty. " " You are severe. I suppose the creed of art for art's sake is somewhat of an exaggeration, but there is reason in the position. I admit the charge of sophis- tication that you urge against us. After all, knowledge to us is the greatest good, and if we act in a certain way, we act in the light of what we know. Let us say then, first that we realize that art is concerned with beauty. The excellence of art in general then is beauty, and there are several arts each with its own excellence.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Art holds the same place in human life as the eye-brows do in the human face. The eye-brow is decorative. It is there not for its own sake, but for the sake of the face, and it is there because nature wills it so. You self-concious artists are 44 On the Truth of Decorative Art assiduously trying to cultivate eye-brows in space. True art, like the eye-brow is a spontaneous growth. Yes, art is a natural excrescence of life which we Orientals passively accept, but you are so sophisticated that you... would have your lilies and roses toil and spin, hoping that thereby they will add to their beauty. " " You are severe. I suppose the creed of art for art's sake is somewhat of an exaggeration, but there is reason in the position. I admit the charge of sophis- tication that you urge against us. After all, knowledge to us is the greatest good, and if we act in a certain way, we act in the light of what we know. Let us say then, first that we realize that art is concerned with beauty. The excellence of art in general then is beauty, and there are several arts each with its own excellence.
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