Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
More Quotes from Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel:
All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.
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Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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