Is art created with a goal in mind?

Is it to say something or make something happen (even a paycheck)? If so, does that make it teleological in nature?
But what about just simply capturing an idea or a vision of beauty? Can art be created with no goal? If so, does that make it ontological in that it exists for its own sake and nothing else?

Everything has a goal behind it, whether we know it or not. If we are hungry, we grab something to eat to fill ourselves. That is the goal. Since I enjoy making art, I like to capture beauty around me, in sarcastic ways. The beauty is an idea, or a vision like you said. How can you do something with no goal in mind? The goal here is to do art, and art is a skill. I think art is an expression visually, and the goal is to express.

I remember a saying how today art is done for the sake of art, which is not art at all.

Art In Nature

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