Wanted to start a discussion about the actual power art has over the world. Art includes, music, writing, theatre, you know the arts.

It has always struck me that artists seem much more enlightened than most also usually on the more intelligent end of the spectrum of society as well. Seems either art breeds intelligence or madness. What are your thoughts. I support this idea with 2 examples of one of the GREATEST thinkers,artists, and inventors of all time DaVinci, and the opposing would be Hitler. Both artists but on complete different ends of the spectrum. One was a genius, the other an idealistic nut case.

Art in my opinion controls everything, it can influence what people buy, like, eat, drink, etc... Art is everywhere, society and humanity would not exist it seems with out art.

Artists make up a small percentage of the general public, whether they use it or not they are all fueled by ambition and imagination. The general public does not seem to care or even have such qualities. So it does not seem every one is artistic. I have always thought that artists probably use a bit more than 10% of their brain, they are ground breakers for humanity.

Now what are your thoughts.