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Art Quotes by Hermann Hesse
- Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
- The art of love-giving and taking become one.
- Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding.
- So wie die Verruecktheit in einem hoeheren Sinn, der Anfang aller Weisheit ist, so ist die Schizophrenie der Anfang aller Kunst, aller Phantasie. (As insanity…
- Slowly blossomed, slowly ripened in Siddhartha the realisation, the knowledge, what wisdom actually was, what the goal of his long search was. It was nothing…
- The highest art... sets down its creations and trusts in their magic, without fear of not being understood.
- Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment…
- You love nobody. Is that not true?" "Maybe," said Siddhartha wearily. "I am like you. You cannot love either, otherwise how could you practice love…
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