Laziness Is The One Divine

As Long As The Artist Invents And Is Inspired, He Remains In A Constrained State Of Mind, At Least For The Purpose Of Communication. He Then Wants To Say Everything, Which Is The Wrong Tendency Of Young Geniuses Or The Right Prejudice Of Old Bunglers. Thus, He Fails To Recognize The Value And Dignity Of Self-restraint, Which Is Indeed For Both The Artist And The Man The First And The Last, The Most Necessary And The Highest Goal.

Plato's Philosophy Is A Dignified Preface To Future Religion.

Many Works Of The Ancients Have Become Fragments. Many Works Of The Moderns Are Fragments At The Time Of Their Origin.

You Wanted To Destroy Philosophy And Poetry In Order To Make Room For Religion And Morality Which You Misunderstood: But You Wereable To Destroy Only Yourself.

An Artist Is He Who Has His Center Within Himself. He Who Lacks This Must Choose A Particular Leader And Mediator Outside Of Himself, Not Forever, However, But Only At First. For Man Cannot Exist Without A Living Center, And If He Does Not Have It Within Himself, He May Seek It Only In A Human Being. Only A Human Being And His Center Can Stimulate And Awaken That Of Another.