I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist.

Art is the uniting of the subjective with the objective, of nature with reason, of the unconscious with the conscious, and therefore art is the highest means of knowledge.

Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.