Art for art’s sake or Art for life’s sake

Well, to start with I would like to share the literal meaning of the word ‘art’. It is “the product of human creativity” or “the creation of beautiful or significant things”. The meaning by itself suggests the importance of the word. But sadly in today’s date, art is treated or dealt with like a business. In other words, it has become so commercial that its fading away to a position which is rather trivial. Gone are the days when an artist actually sat down to compose something which resided close to his heart…which evinced himself. The only motivation behind an artist today to create his masterpiece is his materialistic desires which, for a fact, is really sad. In my opinion, the current day scenario suggests that art has definitely become for life’s sake and if it would make any difference to the readers out there…Art can only be called so if it is genuinely for art’s sake. And the most ironic part - art in itself contains life!!