That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
The thinker requires exactly the same light as the painter, clear, without direct sunshine, or blinding reflection, and, where possible, from above. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, or… — August Wilhelm Von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotismat… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Formerly it was the fashion to preach the natural; now it is the ideal. People too often forget that these things are profoundly compatible;… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
What a conception of art must those theorists have who exclude portraits from the proper province of the fine arts! It is exactly as… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
“ In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first step forward in faith. ” — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Authorship is, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, a… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
