Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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The one necessary thing – a person must have one or the other. Either a cheerful disposition by nature, or a disposition made cheerful by art and knowledge.
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The truth is ugly: we have art so as not to perish from the truth.
Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
“Giving style” to one’s character – a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
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One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones very existence were a work of art.
Art is the proper task of life.