Art Is Not Self-Expression?

Andy Warhol

According to Kit White, "Art is the self expressing all of the elements of the culture that has shaped it...We filter the ambient information that surrounds us, from our families, from our communities, from the information that bombards us every day from myriad sources.  We do not create this information, it helps to create us."  I would partly agree with this quote.  I agree that we are shaped by society at large, but I believe that each person can bring to art something that is uniquely them that comes from their individual spirit.  So there is room for self-expression in art.  Enjoy!