[identity profile] ateji.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] youngwizards_dw
"Roy Sieber has said that African sculpture is rarely made as art for art's sake; it is, rather, art for life's sake (Sieber 1962:8)."

From an article, "Yoruba Aesthetics: Goodness and Beauty in West Africa," page 155...but no idea what book/magazine it comes from. (Hooray course reserves.)