131"The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society."
首段:支持:艺术作品揭示了一些隐含的意义和内容,以及一个社会的动力。
二段:艺术的认识,即艺术作品的分类。
三段: 艺术作品的功能。
四段:不同艺术作平对社会的影响举两例。
末段:点题。
143"Artists should pay little attention to their critics.* Criticism tends to undermine and constrain the artist's creativity." *those who evaluate works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
190"As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate—and, perhaps, even cruel—when one considers all the potential uses of such money."