"Thus it is, that ideas which grow up within the imagination, and appear so lovely to it, and a value beyond whatever men call valuable, are exposed to be shattered and annihilated by contact with the Practical. It is a requisite for the ideal artist to possess a force of character that seems hardly compatible with its delicacy; he must keep his faith in himself, while the incredulous world assails him with its utter disbelief; he must stand up against mankind and be his own sole disciple, both as respects his genius, and the objects to which it is directed." -The Artist of the Beautiful