QuotationsThe Bad Habit of Creative Talents It may, after all, be the bad habit of creative talents to invest themselves in… By Theodore Roszak
ReflectionsThe Madness of Art It is glory–to have been tested, to have had our little quality and cast our… By Henry James
Aesthetics/PhilosophyA “Fullfilled” Work of Art A work of art that truly achieves ‘fulfillment’ will never be surpassed; it will never… By Max Weber
Letters/ReflectionsWorks of Art Are of an Infinite Solitude Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so… By Rainer Maria Rilke
ProseImmortal Mozart! Immortal Mozart! You, to whom I owe everything, to whom I owe the loss of… By Søren Kierkegaard
ReflectionsRodin’s Portraits Full of the living burden of his great knowledge, he looked into the faces of… By Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters/ReflectionsThe Secrets of Life If we wish to be let in on the secrets of life, we must be… By Rainer Maria Rilke
PoetryThe Cello When late I heard the trembling cello play,In every face I read sad memories… By Richard Watson Gilder
PoetryFrom “Sonnets of a Portrait Painter” I am in love with high far-seeing places That look on plains half-sunlight and half-storm,… By Arthur Davison Ficke
PoetryLovers of Life Ego Dominus Tuus HicYet surely there are men who have made their artOut… By W. B. Yeats