What is the point of art?

Question

Oscar Wilde said that all art is useless. Why is he wrong?

Answer 1

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Art helps people express themselves. It is not useless. Sometimes, art is the only way a person can communicate with others.

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thanks

Answer 2

Art is the appreciation of beauty. It fulfills no purpose, so he's kind of right, but he's wrong in that it makes people happy.

Answer 3

Art is expressing yourself, your emotions, your views.
Art can be beautiful and it can be truly disgusting, but it's art.
I disagree totally with Mr Wilde's view because so much in culture is based (loosely or tightly) on art and artists.
Hope you appreciate my views.
Holly x

Answer 4

art is Very impotent it can express feelings without saying it and it brings colors together making a unique picture