... more red, or that Mahler's Eighth Symphony needed a few more rests. Moreover, art intends to evoke subjective states, making it even more difficult to prove a piece of art correct or incorrect. As Victor Shklovsky stated, "The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived, and not as they are known." Also, artists are not limited to focusing on the external world, but can explore other realms, such as emotions, myths, dreams, and the spirit as well. Subjects that artists explore in their work can be tangible or non-tangible, objects of the imagination or objects we encounter in everyday life. But despite the numerous advantages subjectivity allows artists to have, the subjective nature of human perception can be a disadvantage. Subjective perception allows an artist's audience to project themselves more easily onto a work of art, to draw some personal emotion or meaning from ...

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