What Is Art

“Art is either plagiarism or revolution.” Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French artist. Quoted in: Huneker, Pathos of Distance, p. 128. Defining art is a very difficult thing to do. Choosing one characteristic over another would be unfair. Art and literature can’t be based on good characteristics in a book or one way of painting or sculpting. You can’t say that music is only good when it has words. So the question is what makes something art? …

…Salenger introduced us to was art, not to be imitated. In the end what would you want to be remembered for. We create art everyday with what we say, do, and feel. Even the little doodle’s on paper we draw is art as long as it come from within and it’s expresses the true you, the unique you. Without that art can not fulfill it’s true purpose, to express a unique style.