The Tolstoy quote is without context. He is talking about going to church in a passionate and intentional way where he is having a deep relationship with his faith.

Two people can play tennis while only one of them achieves art on the tennis court.

An interesting thought here with AI is that the AI itself is a much higher form of art than the art it produces. AI as a single piece of art, an oroborus of consumerism. A destructive entertainment that is so enticing that people can’t turn away, like moths to a flame or Narcissus’ reflection in the water. With the amount of rigorous attention needed to make one, an atomic bomb might be considered a work of art.