4.19.2007

mission of art

It is the mission of art to remind man that he is human.

—Ben Shahn (quoted in Karsh, 50 Year Retrospective, photographer Yousuf Karsh)

1 comment:

VizPo-Central said...

The aim of some art may be to remind us we're human, but a main purpose of the best art is to allow us to forget we're human.

I think I could probably argue with all your sayings and quotations, Jim, which means they're provocative, a good thing. I'm here stealing stuff to quote in a column I'm writing for Small Press Review that will be in part about this blog of yours.

--Bob