Tolstoy's Disgruntment for Art

Tolstoy is immediately disgruntled, he is scornful of society and as you go through this text it seems like what Tolstoy actually has is not a disgust for art or popular art itself but a disgust for people generally. He tries to elevate himself above the crowd,. many writers do this with his uber-mensch, his superman, Tolstoyactually scorns Nietzsche, he scorns everybody, I mean it's not a surprise. And then he goes on and he says all this vile stupidity is produced not only with no kindly merriment, with no simplicity but with spite and beastly cruelty. Then he talks about the sake of art, things done for the