Quote of the Day (Ward Just, on the Aim of Art and Politics)

“I believe that the aim of art is consolation, and it is the aim of politics as well; the artist and the politician are brothers." —American novelist, short-story writer and journalist Ward Just (1935-2019), Honor, Power, Riches, Fame, and the Love of Women (1979)

The accompanying image of Ward Just was taken Sept. 5, 2015 by slowking4.