“Poetry can be criticized only through poetry. A critique which itself is not a work of art, either in content as representation of the necessary impression in the process of creation, or through its beautiful form and in its liberal tone in the spirit of the old Roman satire, has no right of citizenship in the realm of art.” ArtBeautifulFormSpiritPoetryProcessCreationPoetCriticismImpressionRealmsToneSatireWorks Of ArtRepresentationCitizenshipCritique Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion.” TryingDifferentPhilosophyFormPoetryReligionPoetPhilosophicalFactorsSpheres Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“What do the few existing mystics still do? -- They more or less mold the raw chaos of already existing religion. But only in an isolated, insignificant manner, through feeble attempts. Do it in a grand manner from all aspects with unified efforts, and let us awaken all religions from their graves, newly revivify and form the immortal ones through the omnipotence of art and science.” ArtStillsFormReligionEffortAspectChaosGravesImmortalIsolatedInsignificantMoldArt And ScienceUnifiedOmnipotence Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“A genuinely free and educated man should be able to tune himself, as one tunes a musical instrument, absolutely arbitrarily, at his convenience at any time and to any degree, philosophically or philologically, critically or poetically, historically or rhetorically, in ancient or modern form.” MenShouldAbleFormEducationModernDegreesInstrumentsMusicalAncientEducatedTunesConvenienceMusical InstrumentsEducated Man Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“There are ancient and modern poems which breathe, in their entirety and in every detail, the divine breath of irony. In such poemsthere lives a real transcendental buffoonery. Their interior is permeated by the mood which surveys everything and rises infinitely above everything limited, even above the poet's own art, virtue, and genius; and their exterior form by the histrionic style of an ordinary good Italian buffo.” ArtRealFormVirtueModernStyleDivinePoetGeniusOrdinaryBreathsAncientDetailsBreatheMoodIronyItalianInteriorsSurveysExteriorTranscendentalEntiretyHistrionic Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Gracefulness is a correct life: sensuality which contemplates and forms itself.” FormSensualityContemplatingDecorumGracefulness Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as there can be no reason without spirit.” HumansReasonFormLife IsSpiritNaturalDivineSpringDivinityNo Reason Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Original love never appears in pure form, but in manifold veils and shapes, such as confidence, humility, reverence, serenity, asfaithfulness and modesty, as gratefulness; but primarily as longing and wistful melancholy.” FormHumilityPureShapesOriginalsLongingMelancholyReverenceModestySerenityVeilsGratefulnessManifold Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.” FormLiteratureIronyParadoxIronic Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.” ArtDoneEnoughFormLiteratureDivineDepthHeight Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.” WisdomSchoolFormNovelPracticalsDialogueOur TimeSocratic Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.” FeelingsPainFormReligionLiteratureHumilityQuietHatredAngerSmileConsumingSweetestSereneChildlike Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.” MindFormLife IsArtistGoalArtistic Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.” PhilosophyFormLiteratureUniversalAphorism Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
