"(...) the dissonant warning voices of the cautious can be heard. From the dizzy heights of their experience, they smile down sypathetically upon the foolish exploits of their juniors and still remain ready to show to the general public the only path of truth. They teach us that there can be no new form, that all possibilities have been exhausted in the styles of the past, and that all art lies in an individually modified use of old forms."

- August Endell (1871-1925) in "The Beauty of Form and Decorative Art" .

Source: Endell, August. 1897-8. "The Beauty of Form and Decorative Art", in Dekorative Kunst, I, Munich, 1897-8, pp. 75-7, 119-25; Translation by T. and C. Benton and D. Sharp (eds.), Form and Function, London, 1975. Printed in: Harrison & Wood (ed). Art in Theory. 1900-2000. An Anthology Of Changing Ideas. pp. 59-61. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. Also available from URL: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SWu4SB92fHMC&q=collingwood#v=snippet&q=endell&f=false