No longer can we consider what the artist does to be a
self-contained activity, mysteriously inspired from above, unrelated and
unrelatable to other human activities. Instead, we recognize the exalted kind
of seeing that leads to the creation of great art as an outgrowth of the
humbler and more common activity of the eyes in everyday life. Just as the
prosaic search for information is "artistic" because it involves
giving and finding shape and meaning, so the artist's conceiving is an
instrument of life, a refined way of understanding who and where we are.
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