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Word: caten (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...have a use before it can be considered beautiful and the greater degree of utility it has, the more beautiful it is. But art is only useful when it can become assimilated into the daily life of a person, when it can be taken from its silver platter and caten without the aid of knife and fork. And the only way in which any work of art is able to fulfill its function in society (and it does have a function) is by being placed where people gather to sit naturally, smoke, and talk in a normal, not a hushed...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

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