"On page 431 in our book, Dickie claims that institutional formality and rules for art “would threaten the freshness and exuberance of art.” In what ways would rules and formalities do this? In what ways could these things promote and sharpen creativity? Is it possible to conceive of art without a certain set of rules and expectations?"
I think that it's very hard to imagine art without a certain set of rules and expectations. If we say there are no rules to art, then anything goes. I do think, however, we tend to close off art and try to define it. Then, at times, we see something and know it to be art, and we realize that the definition has to be expanded to include it. I do believe there is a stopping point, but we have trouble conceiving it because we keep trying to close it off and define it.
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