Igor Ivanovich Garin. Prophets and poets (№ 427744)

The purpose of art is to provide a person with pleasant entertainment and turn him away from more serious, or, rather, the only occupations that are appropriate for him, that is, from those that provide him with bread and honor in the state, so that he can then, with redoubled attention and diligence, return to his real goal. existence - to be a good cogwheel in the state mill and ... to start spinning and spinning again.