W.h. AudenThere must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love.
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Bertolt Brecht believes that art has the power to change the world. He believes that art has the ability to change the way people think and ultimately how they live their lives. For example, he writes in his essay “The Necessity of Art for Living Man”, "Art is born of the desperate need of man to make some sense out of his life." It is in this way that art helps us to escape our real condition.
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