Quote by Hermann Finsterlin

“Such cathedrals are only built by heart[s] in monstrous despair or … Dionysian ecstasy,… only a Superman is capable of such creative despair.” On Gaudi’s Familia Segrada” quote by Hermann Finsterlin — Download Open image

““Such cathedrals are only built by heart[s] in monstrous despair or … Dionysian ecstasy,… only a Superman is capable of such creative despair.” On Gaudi’s Familia Segrada””

Hermann Finsterlin

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