True art, the activist declared, protests <br />societal wrongs, and militantly attests <br />a social vision—or remains mere artifice. <br />'Exactly, ' the painter said, 'protest like this'— <br />and held a still-life print above his head: <br />apples by Cézanne, sculpted yellow, red. <br /> <br />The zealot scoffed, snidely cried, <br />'Protest against what? ' <br /> <br /> 'Sloppy thinking, ' he replied.<br /><br />William F Dougherty<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/anecdote-art-and-apples/
