Do the Arts matter?

[8limp_elvis_elf]

An interesting article with comments from people of various fields about the arts:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1478777,00.html

Comments

In my opinion... Does art matter? In art, does my opinion matter? In opinion:does my art matter?

[8limp_elvis_elf]

there are butloads of reasons why art is important and I wont limit myself to one