Plato and Aristotle agreed that art should be judged based on its effect on us. However, some theorists claim that art is intrinsically valuable or, put differently, art needs no justification other than itself. Art should not be considered a means to some end other than itself. IN this sense art is devoid of instrumental value. It does not express anything about anything other than itself and does not try to imitate nature or life. In fact quiet the contrary is true according to these theorists. Life and nature find expression through the energy that art provides. Interestingly since the proper goal of art is not to capture or repeat the way things actually are, art is essentially a lie and, in addition, lying is the proper objective of art.
