Artistic creation, says Aristotle, springs from the formative impulse and the craving for emotional expression. There is in man a pleasure in imitation, apparently missing in lower animals. The great unifying aim has been to express Tao , the Way-the basic Chinese belief in an order and harmony in nature. Hence we may justly call it the grandchild of nature related to God.
Art is an organ of human life, transmitting man's reasonable perception into feeling.
True science should indicate the various methods of applying this consciousness to life. Art should transform this perception into feeling. The task of art is enormous. Art should cause violence to be set aside. And it is only art that can accomplish this.