Each of us has a personal understanding of art that helps us evaluate and value it, and determines, as well, how deeply we experience it; but that does not mean that any work can be considered art simply because we value it deeply. There are standards for art above our own individual tastes.
The great artist communicates spiritually in that he can project a moment into eternity—reflect a world in a grain of sand. He can show us a heightened reality that aims to free humankind from the prison of the material world and grants us space beyond our small, selfish lives.
Great art teaches us to see the commonality in our human condition. Our own joy, sorrow, hope, and despair are basic human experiences that have been reenacted and re-experienced countless times. And, when art is capable of reminding us of this fact, when it can give us the perspective to see that which is timeless and valuable in our own lives, then our souls may broaden to encompass greater compassion toward the world, and our own emotional responses may then be handled in a more graceful and dignified way.
The highest art lifts the spirit of mankind and guides it toward the light.
The highest art is a prayer to God.
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