“Man who is without the arts is little above the beasts of the field.”
“Though the man above might say hello, expect no love from the beast below”
“there is little difference between man and beast, but what ambition and glory makes.”
“As a man without forethought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so forethought without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast. - (1772-1834)”
“Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast.”
“There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia! Art is the most enrapturing orgy within man's reach.. Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.”