Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Fashion is the playing area for individuals that lack interior autonomy and need more support points, but who nonetheless feel the need to stand out, to be paid attention to and be considered apart from the rest Fashion elevates the… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Wandering, (is) considered as a state of detachment form every given point in space. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Gratitude, as it were, is the moral memory of mankind. In this respect, it differs from faithfulness by being more practical and impulsive: although… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
A stranger is far enough away that he is unknown but close enough that it is possible to get to know him. In a… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
