On the other hand, an artist sees the world, chooses what strikes him and then with the help of imagination creates a pretend realm. To put it differently, an artist starts with an idea existing in the dimension of his imagination and then draws nearer to the realistic world. He must make his creation as real as possible, therefore he must employ his intellect which through logical planning captures the emotions and converts them into an ordered world of his.
Both a scientist and an artist fall back on intuition and logic in their work. A scientist intuitively undertakes one of the possible streams of his theories and also uses the logic to verify their plausibility. An artist feels what his world should resemble and then with his intellectual resources tries to achieve so.
A scientist and an artist differ in respect as in what way they perceive the world. The science deals with the existing world. It neither takes nor adds anything to it. Whereas, the concern of an artist is the world in one of its realisations, the way the artist wants to see it. The fundamental difference between the two is, however, in their possibility to improve.
The world of science constantly undergoes changes. New theories are being discovered and subsequently new inventions come to existence. As a result, the boundaries of science expand, the whole system is in constant progress. Without the theories and inventions of today, the theories and inventions of tomorrow will not have the opportunity to appear. An average scientist, though not having an excellent mind, has greater knowledge than a genius scientist living two centuries ago. A modern phone is far better than the phone used by Bell’s contemporaries.
The same cannot be said of art. A masterpiece yet not created will not be better or worse, from already existing ones, it will be just different. A masterpiece once created, becomes a model and a part of a cannon, called classic. No work of art can outdo King Lear for instance, only a new, different jewel of literature can be created.
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