It would be your judgement as to the "cathartic" nature of this quote, but
it has been above our entry for sixty years, evidently one of
Michelangelo's:

THE TRUE WORK OF ART IS BUT A SHADOW OF THE DIVINE PERFECTION


Jennifer Jaskowiak
Curator
Fisher Gallery
University of Southern California

>I am curating a art exhibition with a difference. The pieces, both art and
>craft, were created by individuals and communities as a response to a
>massacre which occurred two years ago at the historic site at which I work.
>
>Does anyone know of a good quote (which I would like to use somewhere in
>the exhibition, perhaps at the entrance or in a catalogue) about art as a
>'cathartic' action or experience?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jennifer Nuske
>CURATOR
>Port Arthur Historic Site
>Port Arthur, TAS, AUSTRALIA