“The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around us. I do not know if such increased awareness makes us more moral or more efficient. I hope not. I think it makes us more human, and I am quite certain it makes us more difficult to deceive.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldHumansArtPoetryCertainDifficultMoralAwarenessArt IsFunctionPrimariesEfficientDeceiving Author:W. H. Auden
“Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.” GivingArtLightSpiritAwarenessArt IsFolds Book:Ansel Adams: an American Place, 1936 Source: Ansel Adams: an American Place, 1936