<P> "Art for art's sake" is the usual English rendering of a French slogan from the early 19th century, "l'art pour l'art", and expresses a philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only "true" art, is divorced from any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function . Such works are sometimes described as "autotelic", from the Greek autoteles, "complete in itself", a concept that has been expanded to embrace "inner - directed" or "self - motivated" human beings . </P> <P> The term is sometimes used commercially . A Latin version of this phrase ("ARS GRATIA ARTIS") is used as a motto by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer and appears in the circle around the roaring head of Leo the Lion in its motion picture logo . </P>

Who adheres to the concept of art for art's sake