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Those Who Evaluate Works of Art, Such As Novels, Films, Music, Paintings, Etc

The document discusses several perspectives on arts, criticism, and government funding. It presents views such as: critics have a responsibility to establish standards to judge art but should not censor exhibitions; government funding threatens artistic integrity but is also needed for art to flourish; art reveals a society's ideas while critics can constrain creativity; and censorship is rarely justified while the value of a civilization is reflected more in its art than science.

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Those Who Evaluate Works of Art, Such As Novels, Films, Music, Paintings, Etc

The document discusses several perspectives on arts, criticism, and government funding. It presents views such as: critics have a responsibility to establish standards to judge art but should not censor exhibitions; government funding threatens artistic integrity but is also needed for art to flourish; art reveals a society's ideas while critics can constrain creativity; and censorship is rarely justified while the value of a civilization is reflected more in its art than science.

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"Although, critics who write about the arts tend to deny the existence of any objective

standards for evaluating works of art, they have a responsibility to establish standards by
which works of art can be judged."
"Government should never censor the artistic works or historical displays that a museum
wishes to exhibit."
"Government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts."
"Governments should provide funding for artists so that the arts can flourish and be
available to all people."
"The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses
of a society."
"Artists should pay little attention to their critics.* Criticism tends to undermine and
constrain the artist's creativity."
*those who evaluate works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
"It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."
The arts (music, dance, visual arts, etc.) are vitally important to students' education and
should therefore receive as much emphasis as mathematics, science, reading and other
mainstream subjects."
"The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset. Therein lies the
value of each."
"As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed
to survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriateand, perhaps,
even cruelwhen one considers all the potential uses of such money."
"In order for any work of artwhether film, literature, sculpture, or a songto have
merit, it must be understandable to most people."
"Censorship is rarely, if ever, justified."
"The true value of a civilization is reflected in its artistic creations rather than in its
scientific accomplishments."
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.

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