Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it.... : Quote by Jacques Maritain

“ Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal climate of art is intelligence and knowledge: its normal soil, the civilized heritage of a consistent and integrated system of beliefs and values; its normal horizon , the infinity of human experience enlighted by the passionate insight of anguish or the intellectual virtues of a contemplative mind. ”

Jacques Maritain
  • From : Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry
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