This document discusses the concepts of art for art's sake and art for life's sake. It defines art for art's sake as the belief that art needs no justification beyond its own existence and should serve no political or didactic purpose, but rather exist solely to be enjoyed. It presents quotes from Oscar Wilde and Victor Cousin expressing this view. Art for life's sake is defined as using art as a form of self-expression to convey feelings and emotions. Quotes from Roy Adzak, Carl Andre, and Nicholson Baker are presented that discuss how art impacts and relates to life. The document concludes with a quote from J. David Arnold about how art touches both the mind and life.

1. LITERATURE
PRESENTED TO MAM ALEENA
PRESENTED BY FARHEEN NAQVI

2. ART FOR ART SAKE
&
ART FOR LIFE SAKE

3. • The expression or
application of human
creative skill and
imagination, typically
in a visual form such as
painting or sculpture.
ART

4. ART FOR ART SAKE
• Art for art’s sake, which was coined in the early 19th
century by the French philosopher Victor Cousin in 1818.
• The phrase expresses the belief held by many writers and
artists, especially those associated with Aestheticism, that
art needs no justification, that it need serve no
political, didactic, or other end.

5. ART FOR ART SAKE
• It is not for us to determine the purpose behind its
existence but to enjoy it in every essence, whether it is
poetry or literature or simply a painting.
• Everything is art because it means something to you. and it
means something else to another.

6. ART FOR LIFE SAKE
Art is a form of self-expression. Many use it a way
of expressing a range of feelings and emotions,
exasperation- feelings that every person has within
their souls.

7. Art for art sake
• Oscar Wilde
“Art never expresses anything but
itself.”
“Life imitates art far more than art
imitates life.”
• Victor Cousin
“We need religion for religious sake
, morality for morality`s sake and art
for arts sake.”
Art for life sake
• Roy Adzak
“Good art is not what it looks like, but
what it does to us.”
• Carl Andre
“I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous.
Art is for the sake of one's needs.”
• Nicholson Baker
“You need the art in order to love the
life.”

8. J. DAVID ARNOLD
“To touch art is to
touch the mind; to
touch the mind is
to touch a life. ”