I’ve had a lifelong passion for art since I was a child.

[englishhobby]

My daughter has asked me if she should use 'art', 'arts' or 'the arts' in the following sentence, and I am a bit confused. What form would you use? (She means art/arts/the arts in general.)
1) I’ve had a lifelong passion for art since I was a child.
2) I’ve had a lifelong passion for arts since I was a child.
3) I’ve had a lifelong passion for the arts since I was a child.

 

[Tarheel]

Use the first one. It's the most natural.

 

[5jj]

I wouldn't use both lifelong and since I w.as a child.

 

[probus]

"Art" often refers only to drawing and painting, but sometimes also includes sculpture. "The arts" is a much broader term including art as above, music, dance, and sometimes other types of performance. Barry Humphries, now known mainly for his Dame Edna character, started out doing performance art.

 

[teechar]

sculture.

That's a great one, probus , and I look forward to the day it's spelled with a "k" instead of a "c".