Why is there a "to" in the last sentence? It sounds more natural to me without it

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/here's_to It's a set phrase, used for toasting and celebrating. So the sentence here means something like "let's appreciate and celebrate the art that brings joy every day".

The phrase "Here's to..." is a common expression in English used to celebrate or honor something—often used in toasts. So "Here's to the art..." means they're celebrating the art that brings joy. Without the "to," the meaning would be totally different—more like just pointing something out rather than paying tribute to it.


Here's to you Mrs. Robinson

“Here’s the art that still… “: This becomes a statement (there’s no sentiment attached to it) Whereas, “Here’s to the art that still…”: is a way to show appreciation towards something (there’s a sentiment attached to it here)

"Here's to" referring to toasting or raising your glass at a dinner to celebrate someone's accomplishment(s) and it has become a common saying to celebrate someone. So here's to everyone in this community to help people become more knowledgeable of the English language!

is this a real group?

Imagine you stand up holding a glass of wine starting a toast, you would say "(The glass of wine) here is to (celebrate/ show respect/honor) the (object of your toast)."

"here's to" means "we are going to hit our beer glasses together". So like when you're at a restaurant, alcoholics are always like "here's to good luck" or something like that and then they hit their glasses together. So when someone says "here's to" outside of a place where people are getting drunk, it's a reference to that.  It loosely means "let's celebrate X", where X is what they are "here's to-ing". 

You can think of "here's to ___" as "here's (a toast) to ___." The part that comes after that phrase is being celebrated. You're right that "Here's the art that still brings joy every day," would be a valid sentence, but that changes the meaning completely and is not what was meant in this context. Here's to learning new phrases. :)

Here’s the art…? Oh. He’s not referring to the art in that way. “Here’s to” is an idiom(?) that in this case means let’s celebrate, not here it is.

Raise a glass to art!

The “to” completely changes the meaning. It’s not saying “here it is”, it’s saying “here’s to it.” Think of it as a kind of toast or acknowledgement.

“Here’s to” is a fixed phrase that means “let’s celebrate”.

Replace Here's with Cheers and it might make more sense.... that's the sentiment.

It means something like "A toast to..." "Let's celebrate..."

its not "showing" who the people are, but showing gratitude for those people

It's a toasting phrase. A phrase said when giving a "toast." A toast is a congratulatory statement made out to a person or event that involves raising your glasses and saying "Cheers!" It comes from the ancient Roman tradition of using oil to prevent wine from going bad, and bread would be put in your wine glass to soak up the oil before drinking your wine.

I love how all the native speakers commenting seem to just KNOW that "here" means the imaginary glass being raised. I don't know how we know this. 😂 I guess it couldn't be anything else, but it's still odd.

Here’s to you, and here’s to me. And if we ever disagree, F**k you, here’s to me.

"Here's to the \[thing\]" really means "Here's *a toast* to the \[thing\]"

I have always wondered how on earth burnt bread and raising a glass to congratulate or honour something ended up being the same word...

Sort of shorthand: “Here’s to you!” Means: this toast here we are currently making is dedicated to you

“Here’s to” or “Here is to” is a term of phrase basically meaning “lets appreciate”

this is so off topic but for years i thought “hannah barbera” was a singular woman 😭 like “wow, can’t believe she created all of that!”

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It’s a pretty versatile phrase. Most people associate it with toasting during a celebratory occasion, like an award dinner or a wedding. Everyone raises their glass and gives praise to someone/something. “Here’s to the newly wed for hosting a great party!” You can usually imagine another word existing between “here’s” and “to”. For example, “Here’s a shoutout to Hank for cooking some delicious BBQ!” But it can also be used to state your hope of something to come. “Here’s to hoping I get a raise next month.” It doesn’t have to be positive either. “Here’s to hoping Fred gets demoted for his poor performance.” It’s a phrase to show praise, acknowledgement, give blessings, or wish for something. “Heres to the people who don’t give up during hardship.” “Here’s to the good times when we were young and life was simple.”

"Here's to" is said to toast someone or something. For example, "here's to the groom, my best friend", has probably been said millions of times at weddings by the best man. A common variant is "here's a health to ____". "the company" is a very common word to use at the end of that variation and basically toasts everyone present.

It's a toast!

The emphasis here is not necessarily the art, but the celebration of the art. "Here's to the" can be thought of as "Here's a toast to the" or "Here's a celebration to the".

Irrelevant to the conversation, but the instagram post follows clear AI paragraph structure. 1. Begin with "On this [blank] day". 2. Ends with call to action "So let's celebrate [blank].