Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or indeed, to understand this magnum opus in its entirety, from this point onward his drama was the rule by which all other Faust adaptations were measured. Goethe had eclipsed the earlier legends and became the undisputed authority on the subject of Faust in the eyes of the new Romantic generation. To deviate from his path would be nothing short of blasphemy.

Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion.

... it's a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.

The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?

Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.

If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.

Yet, beauty cannot be forgotten, Eternal Wisdom can never die.