#the function of art

[akacatholicism]

Art is a Window to the Infinite

The function of all art lies in fact in breaking through the narrow and tortuous enclosure of the finite, in which man is immersed while living here below, and in providing a window to the infinite for his hungry soul.

- Pope Pius XII, "The Function of Art," 1952, n. 5.

[dehex18]

The truest, most basic function of art is simply to exist. Anything else is really a bonus or side effect. I think that's what I like so much about art.

[bryanplymale]

[bryanplymale]

art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/thomas_merton/