" Sam: So then what is art?
Hally: You want a definition?
Sam: Ja.
Hally: [He realizes he has got to be careful. He gives the matter a lot of thought before answering.] Philosophers have been trying to do that for centuries. What is Art? What is Life? But basically I suppose it's... the giving of meaning to matter.
Sam: Nothing to do with beautiful?
Hally: It goes beyond that. It's the giving of form to the formless. "
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![Athol Fugard quote : Sam: So then what is art?<br /><br />Hally: You want a definition?<br /><br />Sam: Ja.<br /><br />Hally: [He realizes he has got to be careful. He gives the matter a lot of thought before answering.] Philosophers have been trying to do that for centuries. What is Art? What is Life? But basically I suppose it's... the giving of meaning to matter.<br /><br />Sam: Nothing to do with beautiful?<br /><br />Hally: It goes beyond that. It's the giving of form to the formless.](/image/1300169.jpg)