Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can …

Leo Tolstoy
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Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2016). What is Art? (English Version, Abridged), p.222, BIG BYTE BOOKS
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Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2016). What is Art? (English Version, Abridged), p.222, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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