Monday's Quote of the Day

Here's another of my favorite quotes about the nature of art and its role in society. It comes courtesy of the novelist Henry Miller, who knew firsthand a little bit about shaking up his readers:

"The task which the artist implicitly sets
himself is to overthrow existing values,
to make of the chaos about him an order
which is his own, to sow strife and ferment
so that by the emotional release those who
are dead may be restored to life."