Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.
It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a way that the stratagems and ruses may be used in achieving either rational or moral virtues, or in achieving skill in a practical art, or in working evil and wickedness.
Art should be created for life, not for the museum.
I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.
The Bauhaus strives to bring together all creative effort into one whole, to reunify all the disciplines of practical art - sculpture, painting, handicrafts, and crafts - as inseparable components of a new architecture.
I found filmmaking to be a very practical art form. It's about figuring out how to create within the very practical limitations/constraints of time, money, and large groups of collaborators.
