“Art for Art's Sake means, for its adepts, the pursuit of pure beauty – without any other consideration.”

—  Théophile Gautier, Paris

L'art pour l'art signifie, pour les adeptes, un travail dégagé de toute préoccupation autre que celle du beau en lui-même.
L'art moderne (Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1856) p. 151; F. W. Ruckstull Great Works of Art and What Makes Them Great (New York: Putnam, 1925) p. 299

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