The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk...

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk...

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological...

The last Christian died on the cross

The last Christian died on the cross

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is...

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is...

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep...

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become...

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become...

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

If you believed more in life you would fling yourself less to the moment.

If you believed more in life you would fling yourself less to the moment.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in...

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in...