"Art for art's sake - art with a tendency... It is not true that art resides in a content-independent form or that it would lose its rigor and purity through too close proximity to real life and social struggles, but, it is not nor is it true that we could appreciate the value of a literary work by its content in the name of certain doctrines or certain conceptual norms. The artist does not copy reality or teach truths. He creates beings and things that constitute a more or less vast and unified universe...
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Art for art's sake - art with a tendency... It is not true that art resides in a content-independent form or that it would lose its rigor and purity through too close proximity to real life and social struggles, but, it is not nor is it true that we could appreciate the value of a literary work by its content in the name of certain doctrines or certain conceptual norms. The artist does not copy reality or teach truths. He creates beings and things that constitute a more or less vast and unified universe...
""Arta pentru artă - artă cu tendință... Nu este adevărat că arta rezidă într-o formă independentă de conținut sau care și-ar pierde rigoarea și puritatea printr-o prea mare apropiere de viață reală și de luptele sociale, dar, nu este adevărat nici că am putea aprecia valoarea unei opere literare prin conținutul ei în numele anumitor doctrine sau anumitor norme conceptuale. Artistul nu copiază realitatea și nu predă adevăruri. El creează ființe și lucruri care constituie un univers mai mult sau mai puțin vast și unificat..."