Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. 694
Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable. 628
To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art – that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts. 731
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. 644
Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. 655
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. 626
Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. 628
The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find. 2.34K
