The relationship between psychology and the arts, and the role of the arts in the educational process are explored. The proposition put forth argues that the sensory system is a primary resource in cognitive life. The relationship of intuition to intellect, of how the whole and its constituent qualities relate, also is explored. The forms of representation artists and art students have access to inexorably shape the content of their work. The educational process too often has thwarted natural human abilities. Art education, however, can and should have a crucial role in fostering these abilities. (DB)