...to transmit that feeling that others may experience the same feeling - this is the activity of art. Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously by means of certain signs, hands onto others feelings he has lived through, and that others are infected by those feelings...

...at the start of this essay, but I cut short his definition of art. Here's some of what I left out: Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected...

...is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. — Theodore Dreiser Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of external signs, hands on to others feelings he has worked through, and other people are infected by...

...another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it. ~ John Ruskin, 1819-1900 ~ Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them. -Leo Tolstoy,...

...response to this question is to start with a basic definition. Leo Tolstoy (1964, p. 10) defines art as "a human activity consisting in this, that one man...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that others are infected by these feelings and also experience them." After explaining...

...weariness of life. He wants a new art built on something higher. "Art is a human activity," he tells us, "consisting in this — that one man consciously,...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them." "It is a means...