Do the artist or the critic gives society something of lasting value? The speaker claimed only the artists can truly inoculate people with the true lasting value of art. It is true that the artists have a imponderable influence in the history of art, but in my opinion the influence of the critics also cannot be neglected.
Admittedly, scarcely no value achievement of art disengaged from the artists. The artists who full of creative thoughts usually pay more attention to the detail of world than normal people .Their works fully embody the state of contemporary society; open a door of evaluating the value of what the artists concerning about. For example a historian who studies the period of Renaissance not only indeed do some research of the productions of the time but also delve the creatures of these productions. Few can argue that if there were no da Vinci, there would be no "Mona lisa". If Vinci did not characterize this painting, people would not appreciate the mysterious smile.
When come it to the lasting value of art, however, the value achievement of art also associate with the critics. First, appreciating a famous artwork, normal people usually only notice the ostensible feature of the work; impossibly find out the content the creator truly wanted to present. Critics trained by specific skills, with particular visual angle, could comprehend the thought of creator and the value of the work. It is important to led critic to lead people enter into the gate of art of lasting value. The paintings of impression of Van Gogh did not receive any contemporary appreciation and comprehension, but have a great value nowadays. If not the critic rightly evaluate his work then until now people still consider the paintings of Van Gogh as a doodle and there not could be a painting auctioned by millions of dollar.
Second, nowadays there are many movies books and other works. The lasting value of art needs accord with the virtue. For example It is necessary for critic to criticize a work which misguide people filled with discrimination of racialism and militarism. A world with out critic must change into a mean world which only conserver something ribald and discard something of lasting value. A critic sometimes impeded the progress of art .As for critic, constrained by the situation which he live, he will not fairly evaluate the value of art and for satisfying the need of people. The true value of art will be ignored.
In sum, without the artist, no creature can be opened by people. Without the critic, no true value of art can be rightly appreciated by people. Thus while forming something of lasting value artists are equally important to the critics. Artists tell people where the value of art is, and critics tell people how to enter the value of art.