Wikiquote:Quote of the day/April 4, 2015


 

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The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.

~ Andrei Tarkovsky ~