Full Idea
The only relevant qualities in art are artistic qualities: judged as a means to good, no other qualities are worth considering; for there are no qualities of greater moral value than artistic qualities, since there is no greater means to good than art.
Gist of Idea
Only artistic qualities matter in art, because they also have the highest moral value
Source
Clive Bell (Art [1913], II.III)
Book Reference
Bell,Clive: 'Art' [nk 2010], p.43
A Reaction
Wishful thinking, I suspect. I can't see anyone acquiring a moral education just by looking a Cezannes. This seems to be a late manifesto for the aesthetic movement.