3.Now religions have a much saner attitude to art. They have no trouble telling us what art is about. Art is about two things in all the major faiths. Firstly, it's trying to remind you of what there is to love. And secondly, it's trying to remind you of what there is to fear and to hate.
阿蘭·德波頓(Alain de Botton),作家,生于1969年,畢業于劍橋大學,現住倫敦。著有小說《愛情筆記》、《愛上浪漫》及散文作品《擁抱逝水年華》、《哲學的慰藉》等。他通曉英、法、德、西班牙數種語言,深得歐洲人文傳統之精髓他喜歡普魯斯特、蒙田、蘇格拉底,同樣喜歡旅游、購物和談情說愛。他左手小說,右手散文,在文學、藝術、哲學、評論中自由進退、恣意穿插他的小說思想豐瞻、才情縱橫;他的散文和評論又意象豐沛、妙筆生花。