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I honestly think that most arguments people have about art would go away if they stopped using the verb "to be", i.e. "that artwork is...", and rephrased it as
by frereubu 4y ago
I honestly think that most arguments people have about art would go away if they stopped using the verb "to be", i.e. "that artwork is...", and rephrased it as a personal opinion, which is almost always what it is. It generally leads to much more interesting conversations about art too.
- andybak 4y agoYou've accidentally rediscovered English Prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime I think it's a fascinating idea - I sometimes phrase it this way: any sentence that contains "is" is at least partially a lie.
- frereubu 4y agoThanks for that - it is a fascinating idea.
- code_biologist 4y agoI typed out my original response hastily, but I personally think you are 100% correct!