Question: Is it not a mistake of modern art to take its subjects from the earth instead of making a reproduction of the higher worlds. Answer: Artists would do it today also if they could reach the higher worlds; the condition is to be able to reach them. The same old wine which was before is here now. The one who drinks it will obtain the same intoxication which people in the past used to experience. If a man becomes more earthly, it is not the fault of heaven. The past did not hold any bliss which is not to be found in the present. The bliss which is the most valuable is eternal; it is always there. It is for us to prepare ourselves to obtain it.