...those works that don't touch the heart, it seems to me, miss the true aim of Art.

Gustave Flaubert
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In his essay, “What is an Artist?” Pablo Picasso said that the goal of art was to touch the heart. And, when you get right down to it, everything that we do must speak to the heart. We need to speak to people in ways that make them feel something deep inside. This gives them joy or gives them a reason to work harder.

Source: Madame Bovary

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