Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. The Critic as Artist
We can understand one another, but each of us can only interpret himself. Demian
Art has to reveal to us ideas, formless spiritual essences. The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring. The painting of Gustave Moreau is the painting of ideas. The deepest poetry of Shelley, the words of Hamlet bring our mind into contact with the eternal wisdom, Plato's world of ideas. All the rest is the speculation of schoolboys for schoolboys. Ulysses
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