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The word art, in the past, was used in the same way that we, today, use craft. So, it's not quite that simple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art

But let's avoid an argument on the semantics of aesthetics and just leave it at that.



And it still is (X is practising his art).


Or the commonly misunderstood 'state of the art' which appears to mean 'amazing' but actually means 'current best practice in this craft'.




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