Quotes by Tolstoy, Count Leo

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only bec >>

A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally both >>

I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor. >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is >>

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure -- if you don't like it, >>

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. >>

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.

Tolstoy, Count Leo