"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