What really stands for the prefix «ART», and who are the artists

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"Where the spirit does not drive the artist's hand, there is no art.
Where the idea does not work with the hand, there is no artist. "
Leonardo da Vinci



The prefix "art" from the Latin word artist (painter) within the meaning of "associated with the art of or relating to art," as the first part of compound words are already fixed in the new spelling dictionary "together, separately or hyphenated" (VV Lopatin, L. E. Lopatin) in these words: art cafe, an art project, art market, art shop, art-fair. But the barrage, artichoke, Artemon here does not fit.

The prefix attached only to an existing word, and it is a way of word formation differs in that the attachment is not attached to the base, but to the whole word, and not "able" to translate a word into another part of speech. (Spelling of Russian Language)

Who is the artist? You never asked yourself this simple question? Sometimes the artists themselves can not answer it ... Then they can tell people who are not related to art? The most common perception of the artist as a person, risuyuschem pictures to some selected lucky so-called lovers of beauty, were able to hang them on the wall above the sofa. That is, the artist equates to an ordinary artisan, the care which must be decoration of dwellings of his contemporaries. Andy Warhol, after watching what people are totally indifferent to the arts, says: "The artist - a creator of things that people do not need. But he believes that they should possess his works. "Why is he thinking? Why this sad hunch? Salvador Dali said that the artist - it's inspiration. What is it? What are these feats inspire art? Sami artists who want to make a career, believe that the artist - a man who knows how to draw everything they want around. Therefore, the more things that the artist is able to portray a professional, the higher its price. Master! Whispers and with bated breath talking about it. Why, then, Mark Rothko said that the main tool of the artist is not a brush and paint, and "faith in his ability to work miracles when it is needed." Who are these weird and strange miracles that talented artists in a fit of self-expression? According to Auguste Rodin, the man who deserves to be called an artist, "is what he thinks without fear of anti-secular prejudices." Simply put, the artist - is someone who creates, not paying attention to public reaction. But from this audience, to which the true creators are not paying attention, so much depends. Ultimately, she decides that hangs in his home on the sofa. The audience decides to punish or pardon, and otherwise - to buy or not buy. Painters are struggling please. Because of what people have the impression that the artist can draw anything he would say. So who is the artist, after all this? Can an employee? An honest man who knows his trade as a bricklayer and a carpenter? Or a businessman who opened a private company for drawing and painting for sale? "Where the spirit does not drive the artist's hand, there is no art. Where the idea does not work with the hand, there is no artist. "- The most famous words of Leonardo da Vinci. Who today can understand them?