Jim Magdich Damn, and here I thought they were just brine shrimp. Art can't really be the universal language, as it doesn't have any consistent uniform nature. Not only can it interpretted differently by everyone, but the term alone means many different things to different people. Plus no two pieces of art drawn or sculpted by hand are the same. There are a bunch of other reasons, but you're a busy guy.
Art does have some form of uniform nature, but it's all in the perception.
Carl Sagan certainly thought so. The only thing that does that would have to be laughter - a newborn, and a man on his deathbed will both laugh similarly. Islam is next in representation with half this number. This is totally inaccurate. Here's the correct data, with its source.