I. Read the texts again and take notes under the following headings. Then use your notes to talk about art, arts and design as a form of art.

1. Art is a subdivision of culture.

2. Visual arts and fine art.

3. Design and applied arts.

4. Design and production.

II. Comment on the statements below. They are all closely linked to the texts from this unit. Find out which text and which paragraph do with these ideas.

1. "Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art made by art, but not itself art. The art remains in the artist and is the knowledge by which things are made." (Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), Indian writer)

2. "The artist must say it without saying it." (Duke Ellington (1899-1974), American jazz musician.)

3. "Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen." (Andrew Wyeth (1917-, American painter).

4. "An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason – thinks it would be a good idea to give them." (Andy Warhol (1928-1987), American painter).

5. "Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job." (Andy Warhol.)

6. "Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'" (Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1845), U.S. poet, critic, short-story writer).

7. Design is what you do when you don't know the answer, or have the question. (M. Scott).