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

Quote by Novalis

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We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

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

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

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

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

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.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

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...

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...

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.