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

— Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? (1896)

About Leo Tolstoy

1828 – 1910

Russian novelist and moral philosopher, author of 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina'.

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

“Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.”

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”

“Make good art.”

“What makes each human, what makes them universal, is the stamp of the creative mind.”

“If the world were clear, art would not exist.”

“Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.”