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The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the high hope that they will pour into it the sweet mellow wine of inspiration. If his star of fair fortune favours him that day, then must he surrender his lips to the soft lure of the amber-coloured drink that sets care aflying and restores to the tongue the forgotten language of the soul. For these sibylline inspirations of his come from a sky that is brighter than his own, and he cannot control it.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 2 : Creativity, Genius > # 39 -- Perspectives > Chapter 14: The Arts in Culture > # 41