Why do we need art?

If
you are asking why humans need it for our basic survival . . . we don't.  

Of
course I don't think that is what you meant by your question.  I'm sorry to say that there is
not one, right answer to this question.  It's going to absolutely depend on who you ask.  I'm
not an art guy.  I never have been, but that doesn't mean I don't see its value.  

Art is valuable to a lot of people because it...