When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses, then alone can he have the true vision of the beauty that is everywhere.

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.

The artist is the lover of nature; therefore he is her slave and her master.

To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps.

There is no "next" after you are dead and gone from your own world.

And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions, knowing it is thy power gives me strength to act.

The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.