Full Idea
In the imaginative life no action is necessary, so the whole consciousness may be focused upon the perceptive and the emotional aspects of the experience. Hence we get a different set of values, and a different kind of perception
Gist of Idea
Imaginative life requires no action, so new kinds of perception and values emerge in art
Source
Roger Fry (An Essay in Aesthetics [1909], p.24)
Book Reference
Fry,Roger: 'Vision and Design' [Penguin 1937], p.24
A Reaction
Good. A huge range of human activities are like scientific experiments, where you draw on our evolved faculties, but put them in controlled conditions, where the less convenient and stressful parts are absent. War and sport. Real and theatrical tragedy.