"To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it." --Leo Tolstoy


Leo Tolstoy is eloquently stating here that a work of art should be shared with the world, especially if the work of art in question is of substantive goodness and greatness. I believe that Tolstoy has a wonderful point: no work of art should be hidden from the world and it should be shown the way the artist intended it to be. However, the Nazis burned and destroyed so many beautiful works of art which humanity will never be able to see, some works by artists as famous as Rafael. Also, the Nazis had the Degenerate Art exhibit which did not show Jewish art the way the artists had intended it to be shown, there was a horrible bias laid upon it of hate and disdain.


Moreover, art should be able and has the ability to be comprehended by any human being alive in the world who feels and sees as a human being does, even the insane and the lonely.