“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.” MenWantMindFirstsLongSelfStatesLastsYoungPurposeArtistValuesGoalFailingHe ManCommunicationGeniusHighestDignityPrejudiceRemainsInspiredTendenciesState Of MindRestraintSelf Restraint Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Whoever has not arrived at the clear insight that there might be greatness entirely outside his own sphere for which he has no understanding, whoever does not have at least a dim inkling in which area of the human spirit this greatness might be situated: he is within his own sphere either without genius, or he has not educated himself up to the point of the classical attitude.” HumansDoeMightSpiritUnderstandingAttitudeClearGreatnessGeniusAreasInsightEducatedSpheresHuman Spirit Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification.” MenSpiritualGeniusMannerisms Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.” SpiritGeniusWitSociable 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
“Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.” ReasonSpiritGeniusWitChemicals Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.” KnowsMenDoeSelfAgeLiteratureCommunityMastersGeniusFellowsHistoricalBirthdaySelf KnowledgeFellow ManProminent Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.” LoveShouldArtMatterGeniusDisciplineDemandWitExpectingFaith And LovePrudishness Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.” MenLiteratureVirtueGenius Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
