Now religions have a much saner attitude to art. They have no trouble telling us what art is about. Art is about two things in all the major faiths. Firstly, it's trying to remind you of what there is to love. And secondly, it's trying to remind you of what there is to fear and to hate.
英国作家
阿兰·德波顿（Alain de Botton），英国作家，1969年出生于瑞士苏黎世，毕业于英国剑桥大学。著有小说《爱情笔记》、《爱上浪漫》、《亲吻与诉说》及散文作品《拥抱逝水年华》、《哲学的慰藉》、《旅行的艺术》、《身份的焦虑》等。
Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another.
生活似乎是用一种焦虑代替另一种焦虑，用一种欲望代替另一种欲望的过程。
阿兰·德波顿
英国作家
A fine remedy for our anxieties over our low status in society may be to travel-whether literally or figuratively, by viewing works of art-through the gigantic spaces of the world.
要消除社会地位低下引起的焦虑，旅行可能是一个好方法，通过实际的旅行或在艺术作品中神游，去感受世界的广阔无垠。
阿兰·德波顿
英国作家
In the early 19th century, church attendance in Western Europe started sliding down very, very sharply, and people panicked. They asked themselves the following question. They said, where are people going to find the morality, where are they going to find guidance, and where are they going to find sources of consolation? An.
阿兰·德波顿
英国作家
自然的最小部分已是无穷。
阿兰·德波顿
英国作家
