--- William Wordsworth,quoted by Carleton Noyes in the final paragraph of The Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to Life, 1907 (on gutenberg.org)
From Noyes:
Art is within the range of every man who holds himself open to its appeal. But art is not the final thing. It is a means to an end; its end is personality. There are exalted moments in the experience of us all which we feel to be finer than any art. Then we do not need to turn to portray, and music,literature, for our satisfaction. We are living. Art is aid and inspiration, or but its fulfillment and end is life."We live," says Wordsworth, "by admiration, and hope,and worship." Admiration is wonder and worship, a sense of the mystery and the beauty of life as we know it now, and thankfulness for it,and joy. Hope is the vision of things to be. And worship is the supreme enfolding unity that makes all one. Art is life at its best, but life is the greatest of the arts, or --life harmonious,deep in feeling, ample in sympathy, or the life that is appreciation,responsiveness, and worship.
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