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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Martin’s book is too complicated, too messy, too specifically entangled with the sheer impossibility of art for art’s sake under capitalism, for that kind of catalog copy to apply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
But let’s at least try to remember the point of art for art’s sake.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
“To a certain extent,” she said, “it’s art for art’s sake and I’d be OK not being able to climb it and simply experience it.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
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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