The Gypsies

"[...]culture is opposed to the perception of nature; I would show with all my power that the higher our culture the more we are really qualified to appreciate beauty and freedom.  But gates must be opened for this, and unfortunately the gates as yet are very few, while Philistinism in every form makes it a business of closing every opening to the true fairy-land of delight. The gypsy is one of many links which connect the simple feeling of nature with romance.  During the Middle Ages thousands of such links [...]".