THE ARTIST AND THE SPORTSMAN KNOW THAT THEIR WORK IS A JUSTIFICATION IN ITSELF, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE IN IT, NOT BECAUSE OF ITS EFFECT ON CIVILIZATION OR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, BUT BECAUSE IT ENABLES THEM TO BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIERS OF THIS MATERIAL WORLD, AND TO TASTE, IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT, THE HAPPINESS WHICH LIES BEYOND. —PETER LUNN, HIGH-SPEED SKIING , 1935 Mürren 055