Aldous Huxley

...that humanity a large will ever be able to dispence with artificial paradises seems very unlikely .most men and women lead their lives at the worst so painful,at the best so monotonous,poor and limited that the urge to escape ,the longing to transcend themslves if only for a few moments,is and has been one of the principle appetite of the soul.Art and religions,carnivals and saturnalia,dancing and listening to oratory-all these have served in HG Wells' phrase ,as Doors in the Wall"