
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
Original: (pt) Vamos tirar a máscara e lavar a cara!
Source: [9 December 2009, Morre Luiz Carlos Alborghetti, dono do bordão 'bandido bom é bandido morto', https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/morre-luiz-carlos-alborghetti-dono-do-bordao-bandido-bom-bandido-morto-209786.html, Portuguese, Extra, Editora Globo S/A, 31 March 2019]
quote against hypocrisy and tendency
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
In a letter to Ada Leverson [Sphinx] recorded in her book Letters To The Sphinx From Oscar Wilde and Reminiscences of the Author (1930)
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.”
Source: Animal Farm
“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”