Art is the subjective, preferential treatment of certain elements of reality; it selects and resets, distributes light and shade, omits and underlines, softens and emphasises. — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
God does not rule the world outwardly by gravitation and chemical affinity, but inwardly in the heart of man: as is your soul, so… — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
We can never see the world other than incompletely: deliberately to see it as incomplete is to create an artistic aspect. — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
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… — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
the highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible... — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live… — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
All knowing that goes beyond the immediate experience of the moment is a matter of faith. — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
Art is the subjective, preferential treatment of certain elements of reality; it selects and resets, distributes light and shade, omits and underlines, softens and… — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
Electricity and magnetism are those forces of nature by which people who know nothing about electricity and magnetism can explain everything. — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
