Art for art's sake

artistic movement justifying artistic creation that serves no social or political purpose

"Art for art's sake" is the usual English rendition of a French slogan, 'l'art pour l'art', which is credited to Théophile Gautier (1811–1872). Some argue Gautier was not the first to write those words. They appear in the works of Benjamin Constant, and Edgar Allan Poe, in his essay "The Poetic Principle", argues that
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philosophical leitmotif considering that the beauty of art should be independent of concerns that demands other disciplins - influenced symbolism and the aesthetic movement - the french term is search artarchiv.com

L'ARTE PER L'ARTE