All Artists Are Self-sacrificing Human Beings, And

Genius Is, To Be Sure, Not A Matter Of Arbitrariness, But Rather Of Freedom, Just As Wit, Love, And Faith, Which Once Shall Become Arts And Disciplines. We Should Demand Genius From Everybody, Without, However, Expecting It.

It Is A Thoughtless And Immodest Presumption To Learn Anything About Art From Philosophy. Some Do Begin As If They Hoped To Learnsomething New Here, Since Philosophy Cannot And Should Not Do Anything Further Than Develop The Given Art Experiences And The Existing Art Concepts Into A Science, Improve The Views Of Art, And Promote Them With The Help Of A Thoroughly Scholarly Art History, And Produce That Logical Mood About These Subjects Too Which Unites Absolute Liberalism With Absolute Rigor.

Nothing Truly Convincing - Which Would Possess Thoroughness, Vigor, And Skill - Has Been Written Against The Ancients As Yet; Especially Not Against Their Poetry.

In Many A Poetic Work, One Gets Here And There, Instead Of Representation Merely A Title Indicating That This Or That Was Supposedto Be Represented Here, That The Artist Has Been Prevented From Doing It And Most Humbly Asks To Be Kindly Excused.

I Can No Longer Say My Love And Your Love; They Are Both Alike In Their Perfect Mutuality.