Leo Tolstoy: Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the — Leo Tolstoy

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

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