But as the French say, after bread, art is the great need of the people. I think the French said it. I saw an exhibition on the saying in a Paris gallery in the late 1970s. All the sculpture was made of bread dough. According to Danton, "Après le pain, l'éducation est le premier besoin du peuple." Kropotkin says this, "After bread has been secured, leisure is the supreme aim," but I prefer "art" to "education" or "leisure." But maybe "leisure" is right, and thus, the supremacy of creative loafing over the art that is or was the Reader.
Friday, July 27, 2007
The End of an Era
But as the French say, after bread, art is the great need of the people. I think the French said it. I saw an exhibition on the saying in a Paris gallery in the late 1970s. All the sculpture was made of bread dough. According to Danton, "Après le pain, l'éducation est le premier besoin du peuple." Kropotkin says this, "After bread has been secured, leisure is the supreme aim," but I prefer "art" to "education" or "leisure." But maybe "leisure" is right, and thus, the supremacy of creative loafing over the art that is or was the Reader.
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