True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.
Source: What Is Art?, ch. 10, 1898.
-- Leo Tolstoy, (Aug 28 1828-1910), Russian novelist, philosopher; He is known as one of the world's greatest novelists; wrote War and Peace, 1865-69 and Resurrection, 1899.