The powers govern the forces under the impulse of the virtues.
The virtues are the impulses under the sway of which the powers govern and direct the forces.
Light is the symbol of order, of peace, of virtue.
Science and art form two means of assimilation: The one by means of absorption, the other by means of emanation. The one, more generous than the other, gives and communicates; the other unceasingly receives and appeals. Science receives, art gives. By science man assimilates the world; by art he assimilates himself to the world. Assimilation is to science what incarnation is to art.
If science perpetuates things in us, art perpetuates us in things and causes us to survive therein.
If by science man makes himself preëminent in subjugating the things of this world, by art he renders them supernatural by impressing upon them the living characters of his being and of his soul.
Art is an act by which life lives again in that which in itself has no life.
Art should move the secret springs of life, convince the mind and persuade the heart.