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> [Clothe an idea in words and it loses its freedom of movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/clothe-an-idea-in-words-and-it-loses-its-freedom-of-movement/)

[Egon Friedell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/egon-friedell/)

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## More by Egon Friedell

> [God does not rule the world outwardly by gravitation and chemical affinity, but inwardly in the heart of man: as is your soul, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/god-does-not-rule-the-world-outwardly-by-gravitation-and-chemical/)

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> [We can never see the world other than incompletely: deliberately to see it as incomplete is to create an artistic aspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/we-can-never-see-the-world-other-than-incompletely-deliberately-to/)

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> [The artist's view of the world and mankind is that which seeks as far as possible to lose itself in its object, illuminating it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/the-artist-s-view-of-the-world-and-mankind-is-that-which-seeks-as-far/)

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> [the highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/the-highest-the-only-reality-is-ever-at-hand-but-for-the-most-part/)

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> [Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/artists-of-all-sorts-remain-youthful-for-so-long-and-in-many-cases/)

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> [All knowing that goes beyond the immediate experience of the moment is a matter of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/all-knowing-that-goes-beyond-the-immediate-experience-of-the-moment/)

[Egon Friedell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/egon-friedell/)

> [Clothe an idea in words and it loses its freedom of movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/clothe-an-idea-in-words-and-it-loses-its-freedom-of-movement/)

[Egon Friedell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/egon-friedell/)

> [Art is the subjective, preferential treatment of certain elements of reality; it selects and resets, distributes light and shade, omits and underlines, softens and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/art-is-the-subjective-preferential-treatment-of-certain-elements-of/)

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> [Electricity and magnetism are those forces of nature by which people who know nothing about electricity and magnetism can explain everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/egon-friedell/electricity-and-magnetism-are-those-forces-of-nature-by-which-people/)

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