From the introduction of a book of fairy tales by Hermann Hesse:
"If there ever was a creed that he devoutly followed, it was the German romantic Novalis's notion that 'Mensch werden ist eine Kunst' -- to become a human being is art. For Hesse, art -- the ultimate self-fulfillment -- meant connecting with a profound, essential feeling associated with 'home.' But his home was not the home of his parents. Home was something intangible that was linked to aesthetic intuition and nurturing maternalism but was unique to each individual. It was both a return and a moving forward at the same time, and it could be attained only through art, through the artful formation of the self."
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