Art:a fight for survival to future memory

”In all formations and products, whether of nature or of art, we can distinguish the form in itself and the form together with matter. For instance, the form of the sphere is one thing and the gold or bronze sphere another; the shape of the circle again is one thing, the bronze or wooden circle another. For, when we speak of the essential nature of the sphere or circle we do not include in the definition gold or bronze, as they do not belong to the essence, but if we are speaking of the bronze or gold sphere we do include them, even if we cannot conceive anything else beyond the particular thing. This may be the case, for example, when we speak of only one circle, yet none the less the being of circle is one thing and the being of thi