I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I dreamed only of being a little pocket mirror, the sort that a woman can carry in… — Peter Altenberg Copy Share Image
There are only two things that can destroy a healthy [hu]man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that's already three things, and there… — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
Art is life, life is life, but to lead life artistically is the art of life. — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us. — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
“Art is art and life is life, but to live life artistically; that is the art of life” — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
“Nobody believes in anything without an inner feeling that it can be realized. This is the only source of dreamlike powers” — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
God thinks in the geniusses, he dreams in the poets and slumbers in the rest of humanity. — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I… — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
For a man the whole world is his love. For a woman love is her whole world. — Peter Altenberg Copy Share
