Obscurity (n.) is a kind of writing demanding that we do the heavy lifting. The reader toils at the obscure text and ascribes to its author the pleasure he has in fact gained from his own zeal.
Obscurity (n.) is always regarded as more important than explained, clear matters.
Obscurity (n.) is timidly unwillingly to go into the water.
Obscurity (n.) is sought by one who would like to appear profound to the multitude; one who knows he is profound strives for clearness.
Obscurity (n.) is loved by those who leap head foremost into the marsh, which is no sign of depth or thoroughness.
Obscurity (n.) is the writer's good luck: the reader toils at him and credits him with the pleasure gained from his own zeal, while clear writers are taken for shallow.
Obscurity (n.) is the charge against books that speak of distress: people in distress would understand them — but where are the people in distress?
Obscurity (n.) is produced by the apparatus of consciousness: what moves away from consciousness may be perfectly clear in itself.