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144"It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."
*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
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Critic, defines as a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc, ofen is neglect by the majority of people who live under the illusion that it is the artist who gives society something of lasting value rather than the critic. If fact, artists are the creative chief group while the critic propel them to create more valuable works.
There is no denying the fact most of the famous and valuable works of art are given by artists not critics. In any field of art—novels, films, music, paintings, no artists can create valuable works without making efforts, overcoming sorts of difficulties, committing to his work, and so on. Behind all most every work of art, conceal a story about a artist who struggles for creating and woring on his job. If fact, the majority of artists regard their works as their children. Because the process of creating a work just like giving a birth to a baby which involves in human beings’ joys and sorrows. So does the process of creating a work of art. In this sense, the function of artists can not be replaced by critics.
However, critics also play a much larger part in the process of promote execellent works and eliminate bad ones. Critics, who are not laymen of art, often equiped with specialized knowledge and a acute perspective to art. After all, artists sometimes only live in their own spiritual world and neglect many factors outside his world. As an old saying goes, one is inclination to lost in his own matters while the beholders can evaluate objectively. The main task of critics—so it seems to me—is to find execellent works of art and recommend them to the public. Meanwhile, they also eliminate many works which are regard as artistic garbage, which will produce unfavorable impacts on the spiritual outlook of the public. So, the function of critics is just like a filter which keep the essential materials stay and let the garbage pass by.
Admitting the improtance of critics should not go to the other extreme. That is to ciriticize the works of artists deliberately without taking their true value into consideration. The behavior of criticizing is to repell some artists for their own selfish or some mean thought. And they just act as the name of a critic, but not responsibly carry out the duty of a true critic. Besides these deliberate libel, critics also can make mistakes on some occasion. Because many artists’s ideas and works are beyond the perspective of the comtempory world-- namely, critics are not able to know the true value of their works. So, these valuable works are concealed as garbage in the eyes of critics. Therefore, completely trust the works choosed by critics is equal to no valuabe works of arts. People should learn to become a critic for themselves.
Taken together, artists and critics are both important in the artic world. And the artists should be regard as mothers of works of art while the critics severer strict fathers for this arts. [time up] artists give birth to these works—the children, and fathers cultivate them and bring them up to be a true men and useful men for the society.
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