“Art is eternally young, but the poet ages. If only he remained as young as art! If only it aged with him!” IfsArtAgeYoungPoetArt IsAging Author:Franz Grillparzer
“What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.” IfsHumansReasonUseActionHuman BeingsBeautyTeachProduceTasteAppreciateMathematicsProofRationalAestheticsCalculationsAssessmentGood Taste Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.” IfsLifeArtArtistValuesMaterialsShapesFinestClayStatuesMarblePrometheus Author:Franz Grillparzer
“I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless.” IfsWomenIf I CouldDisgustingRigidityHarshness Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.” PeopleIfsWorldLongBookChangeWrittenInfluenceChangedMaterialsLong TimeGods WillCensorshipConsideringGood BookLong Time AgoPrinted Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external.” IfsChangeChanceLucky Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch's greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.” IfsFirstsHumansPersonsDoeSeemsMightRunningPurposeExistenceWatchesMoralityFunctionPrioritiesObjectivesClockAccomplishmentBeing The BestHuman ExistenceGreatest Accomplishment Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If human beings are immortal, so are animals. If matter has the ability to remember, it also has the ability to think.” IfsThinkingHumansMatterRememberHuman BeingsAbilityAnimalMankindIntelligenceImmortal Author:Franz Grillparzer
“To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.” IfsMenHumilityPrideCriticismTestsModestyModestApplause Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.” IfsThinkingMadeSeemsSupportTreeSkyHairToo Short Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.” IfsBelieveMayMissingDangerMastersConceptsErrorsProvenMistakenOften Is Author:Franz Grillparzer
