Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a way that the stratagems and ruses may be used in achieving either rational or moral virtues, or in achieving skill in a practical art, or in working evil and wickedness.
To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.
Art should be created for life, not for the museum.
I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.
The Bauhaus strives to bring together all creative effort into one whole, to reunify all the disciplines of practical art - sculpture, painting, handicrafts, and crafts - as inseparable components of a new architecture.
I found filmmaking to be a very practical art form. It's about figuring out how to create within the very practical limitations/constraints of time, money, and large groups of collaborators.
