Although I don't have a copy with me so can't give you a reference, I would be inclined to go to the "inventor" of the term Catharsis - Aristotle.
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Jennifer Nuske wrote:
> 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?