Quote by Leo Tolstoy

The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it conveys) depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life, what is seen as good and evil. Good and evil are defined by religions.

The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it co

Summary

This quote suggests that one's ability to appreciate art, particularly the emotions it elicits, is closely tied to their understanding of life's meaning and the concept of good and evil. It implies that these definitions are influenced by religious beliefs. In other words, a person's comprehension of morality and the larger existential questions shape their interpretation and appreciation of artistic expressions.

Topics

Life Art Religion Emotions Merit

By Leo Tolstoy

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

Calvin Coolidge

Funny

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are for

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.

Vacations

Sometimes, the other characters are too normal and then you

Sometimes, the other characters are too normal and then you start to be brought back to reality but then Luna shows up and she is just so funny and cool and honest and slightly mad and she's all that matters. She is 100% true. She puts on no shows, because she is so comfortable with herself.

Cool

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

Cool

Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd

Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World country, and I said, 'I'm going to just squat behind a tree.' I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife.

Amazing

Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightl

Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.

Action(s)

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

Truth

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wr

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Enjoyment

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a ma

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happiness

I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my f

I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give the faint squeak of mortality under my pressure.

Truth