Artists have a double relationship towards nature: they are her master and her slave at the same time. They are her slave in so far as they must work with means of this world so as to be understood; her master in so far as they subject these means to their higher goals and make them subservient to them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOne ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLet everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe