I think that to be truly a man, to be nature capable of thought, one must think with one's entire body, which creates a full, harmonious thought, like those violin strings vibrating directly with their hollow wooden box. As thoughts are produced by the brain alone ... they now appear to me like airs played on the high part of the E-string without being strengthened by the box - which pass through and disappear without creating themselves, without leaving a trace of themselves.

Stéphane Mallarmé

Thanks to Pat Francis for sending me this.