There Is So Much Poetry, And Yet

Is It Not Superfluous To Write More Than One Novel If The Writer Has Not Become, Say, A New Man? Obviously, All The Novels Of An Author Not Infrequently Belong Together And Are To A Certain Degree Only One Novel.

If One Believes Philosophers, Then What We Call Religion Is Only A Deliberately Popularized Or An Instinctively Artless Philosophy. Poets Seem To Consider Religion Rather As A Variation Of Poetry Which By Misjudging Its Proper Beautiful Game Takes Itself Too Seriously And One-sidedly. Philosophy, However, Admits And Recognizes That It Can Begin And Complete Itself Only With Religion. Poetry Seeks Only To Strive For The Infinite And Despises Worldly Utility And Culture, Which Are The True Antitheses Of Religion. Eternal Peace Among Artists Is Thus Not Far Away.

Set Religion Free, And A New Humanity Will Begin.

All Men Are Somewhat Ridiculous And Grotesque, Just Because They Are Men; And In This Respect Artists Might Well Be Regarded As Man Multiplied By Two. So It Is, Was, And Shall Be.

The Surest Method Of Being Incomprehensible Or, Moreover, To Be Misunderstood Is To Use Words In Their Original Sense; Especially Words From The Ancient Languages.