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“It must never exist alone—never for itself; it exists rightly only when it is the means of knowledge, or the grace of agency for life.”
- Date
- 1870
Meaning of “It must never exist alone—never for itself; it…”
Art is framed as serving knowledge or enriching useful human activity, locating creative work inside a larger relationship with understanding and lived use.
Where does it come from?
Lectures on Art, Lecture IV, Project Gutenberg #19164. Ruskin’s anti-autonomist theory of art is retained as his position rather than a universal definition.
