The meaning of art, its nature, rôle, and value (1913)
Gaultier, Paul, b. 1872, Baldwin, H., Baldwin, E. · London, G. Allen & Company ltd. · leaf 266
y. It is profitable, and evenessential, to the artist to open his eyes to theworld, to be in sympathy with everything,especially with his fellow-creatures. By thismeans his art acquires more brilliancy as itloses in coldness. He must be infinitely care-ful, aesthetically speaking, to interest… … C^i rt jz n THE SOCIAL ROLE OF ART 183 on the condition that, instead of drying up hissensibility to these questions, this will arouse itfurther. In a word, it follows from the sociologicalnature of art that, in order to be great, the artistmust be a man of his time, and of all times,to whom…
Art · Aesthetics
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