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

Quote by Novalis

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

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

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

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.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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...

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

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 are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.