"Art does not want the representation of..." - Quote by Immanuel Kant

“If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning.”

“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

“Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.”

“Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.”

“I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.”

“This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.”

“How fair doth NatureAppear again!How bright the sunbeams!How smiles the plain!The flow'rs are burstingFrom ev'ry bough,And thousand voicesEach bush yields now.And joy and gladnessFill ev'ry breast!Oh earth!-oh sunlight!Oh rapture blest!Oh love! oh loved one!”

“Many a maiden,With white feet glancing light as air,Made happy music through the gloom.”

“People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.”