Reason And The Ability To Use It

The Manifestation Of Poetry In External Life Is Formal Perfection. True Sentiment Grows Within, And Art Must Represent Internal Phenomena Externally.

People Of Talent Resemble A Musical Instrument More Closely Than They Do A Musician. Without Outside Help, They Produce Not A Single Sound, But Given Even The Slightest Touch, And A Magnificent Tune Emanates From Them.

As Far As The Arts And The Sciences Are Concerned, The German Mind Appreciates Most Highly That Which It Does Not Understand Of The Latter, And That Which It Does Not Enjoy Of The Former.

They Are Miserly, The Princes Of Austria, You Need Not Grieve About It; They May Not Donate Anything, But They Allow Themselves Tobe Fleeced, The Good Lords.

A Flutist Who Is Moved To Tears By His Own Performance Will Soon Make The Listeners Laugh Because Of The Sounds That He Produces.