Art for art's sake Art for art's sake "Art for art's sake" is the usual English rendering of a French slogan from the early 19th century, "l'art pour l'art", and expresses a philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only "true" art, is divorced from any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function. Such works are sometimes described as "autotelic", from the Greek "autoteles", "complete in itself", a concept that has been expanded to embrace "inner-directed" or "self-motivated" human beings. The term is sometimes used commercially. A Latin version of this phrase ("ARS GRATIA ARTIS") is used as a motto by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appears
Katasha Artis Katasha Artis Katasha R. Artis (born July 9, 1973) is an American basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association WNBA). She is a member of the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame. Artis was inducted in 2001 for her accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Artis also played in the WNBA, and currently is the head coach at Kingsborough Community College. Artis began her collegiate career at the University of Virginia after being an All-American has a high school star in Brooklyn, NY. During her first season at Virginia, Artis suffered a knee injury and transferred to