"We should
seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that
we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth."
--
Blaise Pascal
"So far
only art is still born out of the activity of the living
spirit, out
of the intuitive perception. Art
alone has had a natural and
therefore
a normal and healthy origin and
development. The spirit,
however,
does not express itself in
the intellect, but in the intuitive
perceptions,
and only manifests in what
is generally called "deep inner
feeling"
("Gemuet"). That is just
what the intellectual man of today, who is
so
inordinately proud of himself,
likes to mock and ridicule. Thus
he
derides what is most valuable in
man, yes, the very thing
that