Plato's View of Art and Imitation Art is for all. It can't be owned by a single man. "Art is a way of recognising oneself, which is why it will always be modern." —Louise Bourgeois . Art is not only the reflection of reality, but it's also entertainment. It makes many of us land on the unknown land and emotions. It makes us feel the emotions of strangers and understand them. But art is not always welcomed. Even many famous personalities have also stood against the art. One of them is Plato. Plato is the Greek philosopher, critic, and founder of the Platonist academy where Aristotle studied. For Aristotle, Plato is his guru. Plato hates art in any form. His hatred can be seen in his "Republic", where he mentioned that the poets and dramatists were kicked out of Plato's utopian state, in which the king was also the philosopher and people were also educated in the way to support rational thinking rather than emotions. We have noticed that the word m...