As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
The least touchable object in the world is the eye.
The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.
Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.