One might argue that we should provide a universal basic income, so that folks transcend the lower pavilions of Maslow, and are free to explore and practice art and science. 

Thinking about it a little bit, you can see that these are the only two things that man can do with his mind.

Philosophy is study of what the world appears to be.

Art is building things that appear to be like the world, almost, maybe.

Philosophy aims to build abstractions which either encompass, or explain in a generative way, the infinite variations the senses perceive. Hence, it is philosophy that drives measurement, counting, and enumeration & categorisation of properties or attributes of nature.

Art goes the opposite way, and it builds non-abstract things, whose meaning and significance is abstract, whereas that of philosophy is concrete.

Aesthetics, beauty, elegance etc is an orthogonal axis to these.