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The free creativity which may follow inspiration will be none the worse if it is expressed through a training in the art concerned, if it is disciplined by traditional forms. It need not be limited entirely by them, but it cannot do without them without losing its power of proper communication. Those who reject such education entirely not only reject art itself but exhibit a touch of madness. There is a case for pointing out the danger of inspiration's being suffocated by too much pedantic and academic erudition, but the young rebels not only overstate the case and make it sound ridiculous: they destroy it.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 1 : Appreciation > # 189