499
We know of no world except in relation to mankind; and we wish for no Art that does not bear the mark of this relation.
500
Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.
501
Blunt naïvety, stubborn vigour, scrupulous observance of rule, and any other epithets which may apply to older German Art, are a part of every earlier and simpler artistic method. The older Venetians, Florentines, and others had it all too.