“Art is to console those who are broken by life.”
“Lovemaking is the consolation for living in the body, just as art is the consolation for living in the world.”
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
“Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.”
“The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.”
“Miracles, or those extraordinary manifestations of the power of god, are not for the unbeliever; they are to console the Saints, and to strengthen and confirm the faith of those who love, fear, and serve God.”