For that which we might otherwise call the most beautiful part of life, its purest joy, if it were only because it lifts us out of real existence and transforms us into disinterested spectators of it-that is, pure knowledge, which is foreign to all willing, the pleasure of the beautiful, the true delight in art-this is granted only to a very few, because it demands rare talents, and to these few only as a passing dream.
Zeren atalik ederrena, bizitzako pozik garbiena dei litekeena, hain zuzen ere bizitza errealetik aldendu eta horien behatzaile interesgabe bihurtzen gaituelako, horrela ezagutze hutsa, zeinari nahi izate oro arrotz baitzaio, ederraren gozamena, artearekiko benetako poza da: hori disposizio bakanak eskatzen dituenez gero, oso gutxiri eta horiei ere amets iragankor bat bezala bakarrik dagokiena da: