It is the assumption of this book that a work of art is a gift, not a
commodity. Or, to state the modern case with more precision, that works of
art exist simultaneously in two "economies," a market economy and a gift
economy. Only one of these is essential, however: a work of art can survive
without the market, but where there is no gift there is no art.
-- Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
commodity. Or, to state the modern case with more precision, that works of
art exist simultaneously in two "economies," a market economy and a gift
economy. Only one of these is essential, however: a work of art can survive
without the market, but where there is no gift there is no art.
-- Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
Related:
- Youth is a gift of nature..
Middle age is a work of art... - Life is a gift, Living is an art.
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Bram... - ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the
color that it appears to be.
It includes the gift of making any color appear white... - A work of art is never finished,
only abandoned... - The only gift is a portion of
thyself. --... - As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.
- Art... - The ultimate justification of the work of art is to
help the spectator to become a work of art himself... - Peace is not necessarily God's gift to you,
it is your gift to others and their gift to you... - The grace of God means something like: Here is your life.
You might never have been, but you are because the...
