Full Idea
Those who have been thrilled by the pure aesthetic significance of a work of art …carry a state of excitement and exaltation making them more sensitive to all that is going forward about them. Thus they realise …the significance and possibility of life.
Gist of Idea
Aesthetic experience is an exaltation which increases the possibilities of life
Source
Clive Bell (Art [1913], IV.III)
Book Reference
Bell,Clive: 'Art' [nk 2010], p.88
A Reaction
This seems like a bit of an afterthought, because he struggles to explain why his 'significant form' is so important. He shifts between it being an end - an intrinsic value - or a moral state, or now an increaser of life potential.