The Artist. Exactly.
The Questioner. You say that children are artists already?
The Artist. And that artists are children.
The Questioner. Then the task of education in respect to them would seem to be easy!
The Artist. No—on the contrary, infinitely hard!
The Questioner. What do you mean?
The Artist. I have said that children are artists and that artists are children. The task of education is to help them to grow up.
The Questioner. New difficulties!
The Artist. And tremendous ones! But if I am to discuss them, you must keep still for a while and let me talk in my own fashion.
—Very well, ladies and gentlemen. Shall we adjourn for lunch, and when we reassemble here give the Artist the platform for half an hour? What is the sentiment of the meeting? The Ayes have it.