An Artist Is He For Whom The

Prudishness Is Pretense Of Innocence Without Innocence. Women Have To Remain Prudish As Long As Men Are Sentimental, Dense, And Evil Enough To Demand Of Them Eternal Innocence And Lack Of Education. For Innocence Is The Only Thing Which Can Ennoble Lack Of Education.

Since Philosophy Now Criticizes Everything It Comes Across, A Critique Of Philosophy Would Be Nothing Less Than A Just Reprisal.

We Should Never Invoke The Spirit Of Antiquity As Our Authority. Spirits Are Peculiar Things; They Cannot Be Grasped With The Hands And Be Held Up Before Others. Spirits Reveal Themselves Only To Spirits. The Most Direct And Concise Method Would Be, In This Case As Well, To Prove The Possession Of The Only Redeeming Faith By Good Works.

There Is So Much Poetry, And Yet Nothing Is More Rare Than A Poetic Work. This Is What The Masses Make Out Of Poetical Sketches, Studies, Aphorisms, Trends, Ruins, And Raw Material.

The Most Important Thing In Love Is The Sense For One Another, And The Highest Thing The Faith In One Another. Devotion Is The Expression Of That Faith, And Pleasure Can Revive And Enhance That Sense, Even If Not Create It, As Is Commonly Thought. Therefore, Sensuality Can Delude Bad Persons For A Short Time Into Thinking They Could Love Each Other.