Friedrich Schlegel Quotes (4 Quotes)

Good drama must be drastic.

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.

Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education.

The most insignificant authors have at least this similarity to the Author of the Heavens and the Earth that after a days work is done, they have a habit of saying to themselves, And behold, what he made was good.