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I suppose, indeed, that nobody will be inclined to deny that the end proposed by a work of art is always to please the person whose senses are to be made conscious of it. I SUPPOSE INDEED THAT NOBODY WILL BE INCLINED TO DENY THAT THE END PROPOSED BY A WORK OF ART IS ALWAYS TO PLEASE THE PERSON WHOSE SENSES ARE TO BE MADE CONSCIOUS OF IT
is no happy energy. Again, I find that while I can sometimes satisfy this mood by merely exercising it in work that has no result beyond the passing hour—in play, in short—yet that it presently wearies of that and gets languid, the hope therein being too trivial, and sometimes even scarcely real; and that on the whole, to satisfy my master the mood, I must either be making something or making believe to make it. Well, I believe that all men’s lives are compounded of these two moods in various proportions, and that this explains why they have always, with more or less of toil, cherished and practised art. Why should they have touched it else, and so added to the labour which they could not choose but do in order to live? It must have been done for their pleasure, since it has only been in very elaborate civilizations that a man could get other men to keep him alive merely to produce works of art, whereas all men that have left any signs of their existence behind them have practised art. T WITHOUT IT THERE IS NO HAPPY ENERGY AGAIN I FIND THAT WHILE I CAN SOMETIMES SATISFY THIS MOOD BY MERELY EXERCISING IT IN WORK THAT HAS NO RESULT BEYOND THE PASSING HOUR IN PLAY IN SHORT YET THAT IT PRESENTLY WEARIES OF THAT AND GETS LANGUID THE HOPE THEREIN BEING TOO TRIVIAL AND SOMETIMES EVEN SCARCELY REAL AND THAT ON THE WHOLE TO SATISFY MY MASTER THE MOOD I MUST EITHER BE MAKING SOMETHING OR MAKING BELIEVE TO MAKE IT WELL I BELIEVE THAT ALL MEN'S LIVES ARE COMPOUNDED OF THESE TWO MOODS IN VARIOUS PROPORTIONS AND THAT THIS EXPLAINS WHY THEY HAVE ALWAYS WITH MORE OR LESS OF TOIL CHERISHED AND PRACTISED ART WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE TOUCHED IT ELSE AND SO ADDED TO THE LABOUR WHICH THEY COULD NOT CHOOSE BUT DO IN ORDER TO LIVE IT MUST HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THEIR PLEASURE SINCE IT HAS ONLY BEEN IN VERY ELABORATE CIVILIZATIONS THAT A MAN COULD GET OTHER MEN TO KEEP HIM ALIVE MERELY TO PRODUCE WORKS OF ART WHEREAS ALL MEN THAT HAVE LEFT ANY SIGNS OF THEIR EXISTENCE BEHIND THEM HAVE PRACTISED ART
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