First of all lets see what art is. According to my interpretation, art is a form of expressing a thing. It can be anything, it can be right teaching, sports or even a mason building a building. If a mason have to build a house, he have to know the art of building.
Most probably, when the word art is attered , the first thing that strikes a persons mind is painting. Painting is only a form of art. In that art the artist express or the painter expresses what he feels in his heart. A good artist solely believes his heart. There is no bound for his imagination, whether it is logical or inlogical.
Those were the days when respect was given for both the art and the aritist. People considered art sacred. Artists were given respect especially during the kings rule in India. Poets and singers played a unique role in the kings court. They had a good position in the court. That’s how the literature of India grew. People really liked to enjoy art of all kinds. The kings use to hold competation of all kinds like poetry, painting , singing, dancing, martial arts, etc. People also truly respected the master from whom they learn the art. They do things devotedly to learn and to teach. They give the art a separate respect. That’s called Art for Art’s sake.
Today every thing has changed upside down. Today money has become the prome factor. Most of the people do therir work fro money. The person who teaches an art, his prime motive would be to earn money. Similarly the person who learns the art, would not learn the art because he loves it. He would be learning it os that he can earn through that in the future. This happens in most of the cases. That is by education in our country has become a business today. Today any one who has money can become a doctor in our country.
Most of the people take up their subject so seeing whether they can earn through it or not. There are very few people who takes a subject because they like it. So people who are rich are ready to the seat for the course they prefer. Hence the person who is really eligible wont be able to study the subject. Finally no one will be able to study what they are eligible for or what they are skilled at. A person may be good at one thing , but his fate may make him practice some other art. This is called art for life sake