German is of stone, limestone, pudding stone, marble, granite even, and so to a considerable degree is English, whereas French is bronze and gives out a metallic resonance with tones that neither German nor English tolerate.

Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique - without which however it cannot exist at all.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

I wonder whether art has a higher function than to make me feel, appreciate, and enjoy natural objects for their art value?

It was a morning in early summer. A silver haze shimmered and trembled over the lime trees. The air was laden with their fragrance. The temperature was like a caress. I remember - I need not recall - that I climbed up a tree stump and felt suddenly immersed in Itness. I did not call it by that name. I had no need for words. It and I were one.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.