The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

Quote by Novalis

Topics: Art Quotes

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the...

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the...

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for...

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for...

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed...

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed...