But in action, one defies one's character.

The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.

... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

Art is the reordering of nature - the qualities of space and time - in new perceptual and material form.

But in action, one defies one's character.

When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.

Wise men still seek Him today.