art for art's sake
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Ars Gratia Artis, the motto of the film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), is a Latin version of “art for art's sake.”
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It may wink at the industry’s unseen heroes, but who can afford to make art for art’s sake in the entertainment industry anymore?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The doctrine of art for art’s sake is for decadent aesthetes, oozing privilege.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
More than art for art’s sake, more for arts for the betterment of our communities’ sake.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Chelsea have an aristocratic air about them right now, unbeaten in all 11 matches under Thomas Tuchel, while the modern Leeds are foppish aesthetes hell bent on nothing more dangerous than art for art’s sake.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2021
They come to believe in what he believes—not in art for art’s sake, but in art as a way of fully embracing, and understanding, life.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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