Quote by Pierre Klossowski

“Nietzsche is no more or less than the Schliemann of asceticisms. In the midst of the excavation sites, surrounded by the psychopathic rubble of…

— Peter Sloterdijk

“irony. I know nothing greater, nor more worthy of the truly great man, than the patient and expressive analysis of the ways in which…

— Fernando Pessoa

“Folly is so human that it has common roots with poetry and tragedy; it is revealed as much in the insane asylum as in…

— RICHARD HOWARD

“The condition of true naming, on the poet’s part, is his resigning himself to the divine aura which breathes through forms, and accompanying that.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“That name--my conception of Him--extended to me a hand that led to a place where even His divine name could not exist. Why?”

— St Teresa of Avila

“In his differentiation between asceticisms, Nietzsche posited a clear divide between the priestly varieties on the one side, illuminated by his vicious gaze, and…

— Peter Sloterdijk

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

— Federico Fellini

Thats the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

— Galway Kinnell

“Irony keeps reality at a distance. It has become our primary method for combatting the external world’s incompatibility with our own desires. Today’s irony…

— Ian Bogost

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

— Galway Kinnell