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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
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As it is, we are lucky in this period to have any art at all

"We have simply got to give up the attempt to assess ourselves for posterity; the men of the future will form their own opinions without our help. What we so self-consciously call “modem art,” after all, is nothing more nor less than the art of this time, our art; there is no other today. If we could have a different art, or a better, we would have it. As it is, we are lucky in this period to have any art at all." (Irrational Man by William Barrett)

Could you please explain what the author means by the blue sentence?

Thank you

Cadzao
  

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Cadzao "We have simply got to give up the attempt to assess ourselves for posterity; the men of the future will form their own opinions without our help. What we so self-consciously call “modem art,” after all, is nothing more nor less than the art of this time, our art; there is no other today. If we could have a different art, or a better, we would have it.

— Philip

  • Cadzao "We have simply got to give up the attempt to assess ourselves for posterity; the men of the future will form their own opinions without our help.
  • What we so self-consciously call “modem art,” after all, is nothing more nor less than the art of this time, our art; there is no other today.
  • If we could have a different art, or a better, we would have it.
  • As it is, we are lucky in this period to have any art at all.
  • " ( Irrational Man by William Barrett) Could you please explain what the author means by the blue sentence?
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Cadzao"We have simply got to give up the attempt to assess ourselves for posterity; the men of the future will form their own opinions without our help. What we so self-consciously call “modem art,” after all, is nothing more nor less than the art of this time, our art; there is no other today. If we could have a different art, or a better, we would have it.
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