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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.