“All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.” Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.” WorldLittlesArtLiteratureOughtWorks Of ArtIsolatedAphorismHedgehogs Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.” LiteratureExtremesTwo Extremes 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
“From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.” WantShould Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.” MeanLiterature Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.” WorldArtLanguageEducationMythologyLiberal Education Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“In true prose everything must be underlined.” LiteratureProse Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.” MindReincarnation Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.” LiteratureMankindPeculiar Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences.” MenWorldExistenceEntitledPretender Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel