“In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.” Quote by Franz Grillparzer
“The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.” BelieveArtMatterSkills Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.” ArtThreeActorsUnderstandingActingEssenceContemplatingPhases Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Bunglers and pedants judge art according to genre; they approve of this and dismiss that genre, but instead of genres, the open-minded connoisseur appreciates only individual works.” ArtArtistIndividualJudgingAppreciateCriticismGenreOpen MindedConnoisseurPedantsIndividual Work Author:Franz Grillparzer
“As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.” MindDoeArtEnjoyUnderstandingTasteConcernedAppreciateFormerLatter Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.” SinChastitySinning 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
“Drive the women from the bed just as you drove them from the choir; a eunuch sings in Rome, and the priests masturbate.” WomenBedPriestsRomeChastityMasturbationChoirEunuchs Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The real genres: good and bad.” RealValuesQualityCriticismGenreGood And Bad Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The sun of a prince's good graces resembles that in the skies in that it shines most kindly upon the blackest people.” PeopleSunGraceSkyShiningInjustice Author:Franz Grillparzer