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1、VAGUETHOUGHTSONARTArtisthatimaginativeexpressionofhumanenergy,which,throughtechnicalconcretionoffeelingandperception,tendstoreconciletheindividualwiththeuniversal,byexcitinginhimimpersonalemotion.AndthegreatestArtisthatwhichexcitesthegreatestimpersonalemotioninanhypothecatedperfecthumanbeing.Im
2、personalemotion!Andwhat--IthoughtdoImeanbythat?SurelyImean:ThatisnotArt,which,whileI,amcontemplatingit,inspiresmewithanyactiveordirectiveimpulse;thatisArt,when,forhoweverbriefamoment,itreplaceswithinmeinterestinmyselfbyinterestinitself.For,letmesupposemyselfinthepresenceofacarvedmarblebath.Ifmy
3、thoughtsbe"WhatcouldIbuythatfor?"Impulseofacquisition;or:"Fromwhatquarrydiditcome?"Impulseofinquiry;or:"Whichwouldbetherightendformyhead?"Mixedimpulseofinquiryandacquisition--IamatthatmomentinsensibletoitasaworkofArt.But,ifIstandbeforeitvibratingatsightofitscolourandforms,ifeversolittleandforev
4、ersoshortatime,unhauntedbyanydefinitepracticalthoughtorimpulse--tothatextentandforthatmomentithasstolenmeawayoutofmyselfandputitselfthereinstead;haslinkedmetotheuniversalbymakingmeforgettheindividualinme.Andforthatmoment,andonlywhilethatmomentlasts,itistomeaworkofArt.Theword"impersonal,"then,is
5、butusedinthismydefinitiontosignifymomentaryforgetfulnessofone'sownpersonalityanditsactivewants.SoArt--Ithought--isthatwhich,heard,read,orlookedon,whileproducingnodirectiveimpulse,warmsonewithunconsciousvibration.NorcanIimagineanymeansofdefiningwhatisthegreatestArt,withouthypothecatingaperfecthu
6、manbeing.Butsinceweshallneversee,orknowifwedosee,thatdesirablecreature--dogmatismisbanished,"Academy"isdeadtothediscussion,deaderthanevenTolstoyleftitafterhisfamoustreatise"WhatisArt?"For,havingdestroyedalltheoldJudgesandAcademies,Tolstoy,bysayingthatthegreatestArtwasthatwhichappealedtothegreat
7、estnumberoflivinghumanbeings,raisedupthemassesofmankindtobeadefinitenewJudgeorAcademy,astyrannicalandnarrowaseverwerethosewhomhehaddestroyed.This,atallevents--IthoughtisasfarasIdaregoindefiningwhatArtis.Butletmetrytomakeplaintomys
