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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Mar 5

    Bears repeating: Creativity that satisfies & affirms your world view is Entertainment. Creativity that challenges & disrupts your world view is Art.

    4:18 PM - 5 Mar 2018
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    2,330 replies 21,315 retweets 65,893 likes
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      2. Bonnie Varner‏ @thisbishcan Mar 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I disagree. That’s how you experience value in your life. You think work must challenge you to be considered art. I find Georgia O’Keefe’s works satisfying because of the peace they create in me. That doesn’t make her work”not art.”

        39 replies 30 retweets 1,180 likes
      3. Steve Pearson‏ @SharpnoseSj Mar 5
        Replying to @thisbishcan @neiltyson

        You could both be right. Maybe after the challenging disruptive initial phase, art becomes comforting (or boring), thus transforming to the entertainment phase? Or could be art for ‘creators’ must be disruptive & challenging; yet different for others, they just wish to enjoy it.

        12 replies 12 retweets 306 likes
      4. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Mar 5
        Replying to @SharpnoseSj @thisbishcan

        Yuuup.

        24 replies 7 retweets 285 likes
      5. Just Some Guy‏ @jeremylatzke Mar 5
        Replying to @neiltyson @SharpnoseSj @thisbishcan

        Noooope

        1 reply 2 retweets 566 likes
      6. Alex Bradford Cobb‏ @cobber_bobber Mar 5
        Replying to @jeremylatzke @neiltyson and

        What do you know? That's Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're Just Some Guy!

        14 replies 2 retweets 298 likes
      7. OooDasChunky‏ @BarnsleyChicky Mar 5
        Replying to @cobber_bobber @jeremylatzke and

        Last time I checked his degree wasn't in art.

        3 replies 1 retweet 229 likes
      8. Alex Bradford Cobb‏ @cobber_bobber Mar 6
        Replying to @BarnsleyChicky @jeremylatzke and

        It's a joke, buddy. His Twitter handle is "Just Some Guy."

        1 reply 0 retweets 149 likes
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      2. Briana‏ @BriWhoSaysNi Mar 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I could not disagree more. So many creative endevors, specifically in pop culture, are discredited and looked down as as not being "real art" because it's made purely with enjoyment in mind, despite taking exactly as much time, effort, skill, talent, etc. as "real art." (1/5)

        3 replies 27 retweets 455 likes
      3. Briana‏ @BriWhoSaysNi Mar 5
        Replying to @BriWhoSaysNi @neiltyson

        The idea that art has to make a statement, push an idea, etc. in order to be valid or worthwhile is incredibly reductive and frankly elitist. A doodle by a young, beginning artist is art just as much as any painting in a gallery, even if it doesn't get as much visibility... (2/5)

        2 replies 22 retweets 375 likes
      4. Briana‏ @BriWhoSaysNi Mar 5
        Replying to @BriWhoSaysNi @neiltyson

        ...or recognition. This idea that only certain things count as art, that only people who are "saying something challenging" are important and worthy of praise and attention, is dismissive of so many skilled, hard-working people, and so, so discouraging to aspiring... (3/5)

        1 reply 15 retweets 281 likes
      5. Briana‏ @BriWhoSaysNi Mar 5
        Replying to @BriWhoSaysNi @neiltyson

        ...creators. They think that if they don't make something profound, they shouldn't create at all. After all, people won't respect them for it. They'll just belittle and dismiss them, and all of their hard work. There's nothing wrong with making things simply for enjoyment. (4/5)

        2 replies 13 retweets 264 likes
      6. Briana‏ @BriWhoSaysNi Mar 5
        Replying to @BriWhoSaysNi @neiltyson

        There's nothing inherantly lesser about making something fun just for the sake of fun. (5/5)

        10 replies 19 retweets 320 likes
      7. Scarily tired Brian‏ @TheBrianest Mar 6
        Replying to @BriWhoSaysNi @neiltyson

        Also the beauty of art is that it's subjective, so a piece can easily challenge one person while not challenging another at all. Comedy is probably the best way to demonstrate that this is incorrect; it's clearly in the entertainment column, but it often challenges as well.

        2 replies 1 retweet 79 likes
      8. Scarily tired Brian‏ @TheBrianest Mar 6
        Replying to @TheBrianest @BriWhoSaysNi @neiltyson

        They don't exist as mutually exclusive concepts. I would argue that all creative works are art, all fun activities/pictures/items are entertainment, and there are plenty of things that are both art and entertainment. It's a venn diagram, not a binary.

        1 reply 2 retweets 47 likes
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      2. big baby boy‏ @trillballins Mar 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        All dogs are boys and all cats are girls

        4 replies 29 retweets 571 likes
      3. Katie Nolan‏Verified account @katienolan Mar 5
        Replying to @trillballins @neiltyson

        and all bears are repeating

        5 replies 3 retweets 233 likes
      4. Chans Moleman‏ @Chantluh Mar 5
        Replying to @katienolan @trillballins @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/bQLN6YMAX9

        1 reply 0 retweets 41 likes
      5. Bonibaru | step away from the glass‏ @Bonibaru Mar 6
        Replying to @Chantluh @katienolan and

        none of you are koalafied to make these assessments.pic.twitter.com/NDKWenLDc8

        0 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
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