The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible. (Leo Tolstoy)

The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible.

Leo Tolstoy

Related topics

argument art business felt form inaccessible incomprehensible might lies

Related quotes

Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't. View quote
Merton Miller
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine. View quote
Pablo Picasso
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. View quote
David Ogilvy
Death, when understood by men, is deathlessness: but, when not understood by the foolish, it is death. It is not this death that must be feared, but the loss of the soul, which is ignorance of God. View quote
Anthony the Great
In the old days, people knew a little and understood a lot. Then they gained more knowledge which led to less understanding. And now people know a lot but understand nothing at all. View quote
John Krestiankin