There are only two things that can destroy a healthy [hu]man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that's already three things,… — Peter Altenberg Ambition Copy Share Image
Art is life, life is life, but to lead life artistically is the art of life. — Peter Altenberg Art Copy Share Image
God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us. — Peter Altenberg Dream Copy Share Image
“Art is art and life is life, but to live life artistically; that is the art of life” — Peter Altenberg Art Copy Share Image
“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 Image
It is sad to be an exception. But not to be one is even sadder. — Peter Altenberg Exception Copy Share Image
God thinks in the geniusses, he dreams in the poets and slumbers in the rest of humanity. — Peter Altenberg Dream Copy Share Image
I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the… — Peter Altenberg Enough Copy Share Image
For a man the whole world is his love. For a woman love is her whole world. — Peter Altenberg His love Copy Share Image
