Wednesday's Quotation

Joseph Conrad (nee Korzeniowski)was a notable British author, born in Poland. Here's something he wrote with which I can agree:

"The artist appeals to that part of our being
which is not dependent on wisdom; to that
in us which is a gift and not an acquisition--
and therefore, more permanently enduring.
He speaks to our capacity for delight and
wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding
our lives, to our sense of pity, and beauty
and pain...."