Ellen Dissanayake Quote

Art is a normal and necessary behavior of human beings and like other common and universal occupations such as talking, working, exercising, playing, socializing, learning, loving, and caring, should be recognized, encouraged and developed in everyone. Via art, experience is heightened, elevated, made more memorable and significant


Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why (ed. 1992)


Art is a normal and necessary behavior of human beings and like other common and universal occupations such as talking, working, exercising, playing, ...

Art is a normal and necessary behavior of human beings and like other common and universal occupations such as talking, working, exercising, playing, ...

Art is a normal and necessary behavior of human beings and like other common and universal occupations such as talking, working, exercising, playing, ...

Art is a normal and necessary behavior of human beings and like other common and universal occupations such as talking, working, exercising, playing, ...