> I think you have a point here, although I don't think this is the most
> important difference between art and science. Science is constrained
> by reality (or rather, it *seeks* constraints), while art has few
> constraints ( mainly some cultural and a few technical constraints)
> and actively tries to avoid them. Engineering is similar to art in
> this respect, although it is constrained by a deliberate purpose it
> has to achieve.
I wouldn't say it quite that way--art that avoids constraints is crap,
like most free verse or abstract visual art or interpretive dance.
Great art thrives on constraints: sonnets, realistic visual art, ballet.
The constraints, though, are chosen by the artist. Picasso certainly
chose different constraints from Michaelangelo, but he did hold himself
to the standards he chose.
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