True Art and True Science

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” ― Albert Einstein

Science and art are complementary and cannot be separate. They symphonize with each other as the way the world function. Everything in this world possesses the quality of both science and art. They uniformly follows the law of nature , yet at the same time displays their unique distinguishing characters.

Moreover, the same pattern can be found in our creations. We create things with aesthetic value because of our instinctive  pursuit of beauty, yet we have to rely on science in order to materialize the creation. Take jewelry design as an example, craftsmen analyze raw gemstones to determine the technique of cutting. Artists design gemstones to combine separate loose stones as one unified piece of fine jewelry.

“Science purified common language to avoid ambiguity. Poetry purified common language to express inexpressible.”

Art reflects our imagination while science helps us realize these seemly whimsical ideas. In my point of view, science is concrete and well defined as those concepts or theorem in textbooks. In contrast, art is abstract and fluid. Take myself as an example. I usually lean towards artistic expression when I get inspired in my daily life. At a point in my life, I started doing charcoal drawing. As Leonardo da Vinci said,“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”I enjoyed such a magical way of depicting the world and my emotion. However, the journey ends after I entered school, when I was told for the first time that science is more useful and practical than art. I stopped drawing due to the overwhelming load of schoolwork. This unpleasant farewell with my drawing career presents me with the question of whether art and science are incompatible with each other within the individual. Then I realized that this misleading belief is the flaw of our education system. I still believe a person can have the pursuit in both art and science.

Citation:

van cleef&arpels jewelry [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.vancleefarpels.com/us/en/?from_unlocalized=1

Twocultures part1 [Television series episode]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNI7dF3DIAM

Twocultures pt2 [Television series episode]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUr4xxZ_0gw