Jean-Georges Noverre - No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and

No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again, the most strenuous labor affords the greatest artists but a disquieting gleam which only reveals their inadequacy, while the self-satisfied ignoramus surrounded by the deepest gloom flatters himself that he has nothing more to learn.

- Jean-Georges Noverre

topic: Artist, Self, Ballet