The Dreamer and the Cynic

I guess this man was already a bit cynical even before he reached old age. He says that once a person loses their innocence as well as their imagination. Furthermore, he states that intellectual pursuits can get some of that perception back. For all this perception that we lose when we are forced to grow up, I do think all the intellectual reading and scholarly thinking would be the thing that would bring such things back. I think that taking the time to really look at something away from distraction like we were once able to, away from cities and technology, just might bring it back. Even with his belief that artists would be the one's to bring back this perception, I think artists have that power to do that but not them alone, but who?