[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by MMM

Oh Salvanas...

You do not understand that art is more than paintings and sculpture.

Without art, there would be no architecture. We would still be living in caves.

Without art, there would be no cuisine. We would still be eating twigs and berries.

Without art, there would be no clothing. We would still be wearing felts and leaves.

Without art, there would be no news or exchange of information. The telling of a story, the painting of a picture in the mind, is an art.

Without art, there would be no advances in science. We would still think we live on a flat rock in the center of the universe.

Without art, there would be no media. Imagine no games, movies, TV, novels, music...no entertainment whatsoever.

Without art there would be no technology. It takes creative thought to advance, and without art we would still be rubbing sticks together to start a fire.

To denounce artists is like denouncing oxygen. You may think you don't need it to live, but wouldn't last five minutes without it.

Perhaps I didn't explain myself fully, or people didn't read the line: "Note: Artists as in photographers, and painting. There are some arts, like literacy, which is needed in life."

I am fully aware that the word art means much more. I mean, I'm aiming to be a historian. What good of a historian would I be if I denounce ALL art as useless

As I stated again in another post, is that artists ARE needed. But not at the huge amounts it's attracting these days.

I'd rather have 50 less artists, and 3 more fully qualified doctors.