Komar and Melamid then created the most and least wanted paintings for each country, incorporating colors, shapes and characters from the survey results. For the two painters, the project uses art to get to the core of modern society. It's absolutely true data. It doesn't say anything about personalities, but it says something more about ideals, and about how this world functions. That's really the truth, as much as we can get to the truth.
Truth is a number.
But I think this is an extremely limited notion of art. Yes, I do truly believe that art in itself is nonsense, regardless of how we define it. But that does not make art meaningless. To share that creativity with others is art. If creativity is something sacred, then art is a religion.