Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.
Leo Tolstoyexcuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of boxes opposite, 'i'm afraid i'm becoming ridiculous
Leo TolstoyAnd those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy.
Leo Tolstoy