In one of the Upanishads it says, when the glow of a sunset holds you and you say ‘Aha,’ that is the recognition of the divinity. And when you say ‘Aha’ to an art object, that is a recognition of divinity. And what divinity is it? It is your divinity, which is the only divinity there is. We are all phenomenal manifestations of a divine will to live, and that will and the consciousness of life is one in all of us, and that is what artwork expresses.
《奥义书》中说，当夕阳的余晖将你笼罩，而你心中生出‘啊哈’的一刻，那便是对神性的觉知。当你在艺术作品前生出‘啊哈’之感，那同样是对神性的觉知。那么，这神性是什么呢？它就是你自身的神性——唯一存在的神性。我们每个人，都是那神圣生命意志的非凡显现；而那生命的意志与对生命的意识，在我们每一个人身上皆为一体。这正是艺术作品所表达的。

—— Joseph Campbell（约瑟夫·坎伯）, 
The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-87