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wo nur das Erlebnis Gesetz ist

“Dort, wo das Wissen um die Dinge aufhört, wo nur das Erlebnis Gesetz ist, dort beginnt der Tanz.” Mary Wigman, 1886 - 1973

A thing is never art

However the thing, e.g. a painting, was created while the painter potentially experienced art. Or if looked at, the painting potentially induces an experience of art. So art is an experience, not an object (according to John Dewey, "Art as experience", 1934, video by johnrusson.com)