Only he who possesses a personal religion, an original view of infinity, can be an artist. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
One of two things is usually lacking in the so-called Philosophy of — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Religion is usually nothing but a supplement to or even a substitute — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The symmetry and organization of history teaches us that mankind, during its — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Both in their origins and effects, boredom and stuffy air resemble each — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
There are three kinds of explanation in science: explanations which throw a — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
True love should be, according to its origin, entirely arbitrary and entirely — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The meanest authors have at least this similarity with the great author — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The following are the universally fundamental laws of literary communication: 1. one must — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Original love never appears in pure form, but in manifold veils and — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Without poetry, religion becomes obscure, false, and malignant; without philosophy, licentious in — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Gracefulness is a correct life: sensuality which contemplates and forms itself. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
A classical work doesn’t ever have to be understood entirely. But those — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
All thinking of the religious man is etymological, a reduction of all — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Most thoughts are only profiles of thoughts. They must be inverted and — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Only through religion can logic develop into philosophy, only from this source — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel