For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible.
Rainer Maria RilkeSpeaking of August Rodin: He raised his world above us in an immense arc, and made it a part of nature.
Rainer Maria RilkeI live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]
Rainer Maria RilkeDraw near to Nature. Then try like some first human being to say what you see and experience and love and lose.
Rainer Maria Rilke