"Imagination must first be filled to the point……" — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
"Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability electrifies it to such an extent that the most gentle stimulus of friendly or hostile contact elicits from it lightning sparks, luminous flashes, or shattering blows."
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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96 Quotes by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Both in their origins and effects, boredom and stuffy air resemble each other. They are usually generated whenever a large…
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Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith,…
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Good drama must be drastic.
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Virtue is reason which has become energy.
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Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.
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Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.
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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and…
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Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and…
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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
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If you want to penetrate into the heart of physics, then let yourself be initiated into the mysteries of poetry.
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