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Quote by Theo van Doesburg
Art is, like science and technique, a method of organising life in general.
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The quote presents art as a practical way of arranging human life, alongside science and technique. It suggests that art is not separate from everyday living: like those other methods, it helps organise experience, choices, and activities into some form of order.
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- DBNL — H.L.C. Jaffé, De Stijl 1917–1931
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