All Artists Are Self-sacrificing Human

One Can Only Become A Philosopher, But Not Be One. As One Believes He Is A Philosopher, He Stops Being One.

You Wanted To Destroy Philosophy And Poetry In Order To Make Room For Religion And Morality Which You Misunderstood: But You Wereable To Destroy Only Yourself.

The French Revolution, Fichte's Theory Of Knowledge, And Goethe's Wilhelm Meister Are The Three Greatest Tendencies Of The Age. Whoever Takes Offence At This Combination, And Whoever Does Not Consider A Revolution Important Unless It Is Blatant And Palpable, Has Not Yet Risen To The Lofty And Broad Vantage Point Of The History Of Mankind.

Where Philosophy Ends, Poetry Must Commence. There Should Not Be A Common Point Of View, A Natural Manner Of Thinking Which Standsin Contrast To Art And Liberal Education, Or Mere Living; That Is, One Should Not Conceive Of A Realm Of Crudeness Beyond The Boundaries Of Education. Every Conscious Link Of An Organism Should Not Perceive Its Limits Without A Feeling For Its Unity In Relation To The Whole. For Example, Philosophy Should Not Only Be Contrasted To Non-philosophy, But Also To Poetry.

The Naive Which Is Simultaneously Beautiful, Poetic, And Idealistic, Must Be Both Intention And Instinct. The Essence Of Intention, In This Sense, Is Freedom. Consciousness Is Far From Intention. There Is A Certain Enamoured Contemplation Of One's Own Naturalness Or Silliness Which Itself Is Unspeakably Silly. Intention Does Not Necessarily Require A Profound Calculation Or Plan.