EX LIB RIS To 1 A THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARTIST BY JACQUES MARITA1N CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS New York © Copyright i960 Jacques Maritain Chapter Two was first published under the title “Art for Art’s Sake” in The Critic, copyright © 1958 Jacques Maritain This book published simultaneously in the United States of America and in Canada—Copyright under the Berne Convention All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro¬ duced in any form without the permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons. A-12.59IH] PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-6331 To WHITNEY J. OATES