"Consider that no matter how much we love the flowers in our planter and appreciate their beauty, this satisfaction alone will not tell us what made the flowers grow. But knowing just this allows us to control when and where they grow. We now want to know how the everyday making of things grows into that form of making which is genuinely artistic...esthetic understanding–as distinct from personal enjoyment–must start with the seeds, soil, air, and light out of which art arises. And these conditions above everything else are factors that make an ordinary experience complete.”
John Dewey, Art and Experience
