The Perfect Quote On Art To Start Your Week — From Aristotle

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”

~ Aristotle, 384-322 BC

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When I saw this quote recently, I thought how perfectly it expressed my understanding of art and creativity.

Perhaps the most apt analogy from writing is found in Japanese haiku poetry. Although based in concrete observation of the real, the haiku should nonetheless add up to a whole that is greater than the sum of its constituent parts—what is sometimes referred to...