“Unlike the sale of a commodity, the giving of a gift tends to establish a relationship between the parties involved. When gifts circulate within a group, their commerce leaves a series of interconnected relationships in its wake, and a kind of decentralized cohesiveness emerges.” GivingKindPartyGroupsInvolvedSeriesCommerceCommodityInterconnectedCohesiveness Book:The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World Source: The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
“What is it about a work of art, even when it is bought and sold in the market, that makes us distinguish it from . . . pure commodities? A work of art is a gift, not a commodity. . . 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.” ArtTwoEconomyPureEssentialsArt IsWorks Of ArtCommodityMarket Economy Author:Lewis Hyde
