人类之所以创造和珍惜艺术,乃是因为它能满足人类的一些基本需要,对于人类,尤其是生活在当代世界的人来说,它究竟能够满足哪些需要呢?美国美学家海格·哈特查多雷安在《现代世界对艺术的需要》一文中对此作了系统的阐述。他指出,创造艺术和欣赏艺术是人类的一种基本需要,这种需要是人类进步的根本动力,也是一种普遍的、无处不在的和无时不有的需要。 The reason why human beings create and cherish the arts is because it can meet some basic human needs. What can it meet for human beings, especially those living in the contemporary world? The American aesthetician Hag Hamut Chadorean elaborated on this in his article “The Need for Art in the Modern World.” He pointed out that creating art and appreciating art is a basic human need. Such a need is the fundamental driving force of human progress and also a universal, ubiquitous and ever-present need.