Why need art?

"I have used these things to say what is to me the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

"Art is both love and friendship, and understanding of the desire to give. It is not charity which is the giving of things, it is more than kindness, which is the giving of self. It is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It is art - something said about something felt." ~ Ansel Adams

What is art to you?

The above is what I read in an Youth Guide of The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Lately a TV program indicated that nowadays Americans become ruder than before. I was surprised to know though but my husband later commented that it is true, esp the youth generation.

I think it is a perception question to define what is "rude" to you at the first place.

Is it rude that people typing an email while talking to you on phone?
Is it rude that people stealing your parking lot?
Is it rude to gossip behind others' back?
Is it rude to interrupt a conversation while your cell phone rings?
Is it rude to sit wherever you want in a restaurant disregard waiter's instruction at a busy night?
Is it rude to steal the food in company's refrigerator?
Is it rude to let your dog poo or pee on the neighbors' lawns?
Is it rude to not tip 15% to 20% in a restaurant?
Is it rude to ask people how much money you make?
Is it rude to ask how much money people spend every month?

I think some questions' answers would vary depend on the interaction with each different person and the relationship you both have with each other.

What does this have to do with art?

Definitely there is a strong connection from my viewpoint.
Do you see rude people more in a museum or in a parking lot? :D
Why people change behaviors when they attend to an art venue?

What is art to you?

For me, art is the beauty presented in different creative ways and it also purifies human being's mind.

Do we want a rude world or not? Do we need art?!