The Guardian has asked a range of intellectuals and art world professionals to talk about their recent art inspirations and favorite works, allowing them to wax poetic on the capacity and importance of art.  “Art can do the opposite of glamorize the unattainable: it can show us anew the genuine merit of life as we’re forced to lead it,” philosopher Alain de Botton says.  “It is advertising for the things we really need.”
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