09-16-2013, 09:01 PM
"A painting is a physical object, it is not art.
Art is the effect the painting has on a person when
they see it. Art is subjective because it is a
product of perception and perception is subjective.
- William Sanders
Which implies that all criticism, valid or not, is based on interpretation.
(And that poetry is the effect of the words, not the words themselves.)
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