At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.
I have a theatrical temperament. I'm not interested in the middle road - maybe because everyone's on it. Rationality, reasonableness bewilder me.
I'm very impatient.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
My worst and best qualities are rashness: the good part of it is due to youth, which is, of course, why I'm not a great conductor.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Famously, I'm somewhat impatient.
"Relevance" may not be best.... Impetuous action, conscious oversimplification, refusal to doubt, and the rejection of reason are enemies of the university.
In response to student demands for "relevant" courses and studies:
If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.