Music is so elevated that it is beyond the reach of intellect and there flows from it an influence which is all-potent, and which noone can explain.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.

Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

There is nothing outside of us that is not at the same time in us, and as the external world has its colors the eye, too, has colors.