"In the Republic , Plato says that the artist makes the best of the soul <<loosens vigilance>>. One of the subtleties of Freud's definition is his indifference to the <<formal value>> of the work of art, since what is really active and really attractive is the fantasy that he conceals. s W. H. Auden says-an observation that Plato might have done-no artist can prevent his work from being used as magic, for that is what, secretly, all of us, or the heap alike, want art to be."
Iris Murdoch - El fuego y el sol (1977)
Editorial Siruela