Quotes of Purgation - somelinesforyou

“ Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. ”

- Michelangelo Buonarroti

“ I'm a word man. See, there's this theory about the nature of tragedy, that Aristotle didn't mean catharsis for the audience but a purgation of emotions for the actors themselves. The audience is just a witness to the event taking place on stage. ”

- Jim Morrison

“ Tragedy is thus a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself and of some amplitude… by means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions. ”

- Aristotle
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