The Obsession With Moderation Is The Spirit

Since Poetry Is Infinitely Valuable, I Do Not Understand Why It Should Be More Valuable Than This Or That Which Is Also Infinitelyvaluable. There Are Artists Who Perhaps Do Not Think Art To Be Too Great, For This Is Impossible, And Yet They Are Not Free Enough To Be Able To Rise Above Their Own Best Accomplishments.

All Artists Are Self-sacrificing Human Beings, And To Become An Artist Is Nothing But To Devote Oneself To The Subterranean Gods.

Because Christianity Is A Religion Of Death, It Could Be Treated With The Utmost Realism, And It Could Have Its Orgies, Just Likethe Old Religion Of Nature And Life.

In True Prose Everything Must Be Underlined.

Mathematics Is, As It Were, A Sensuous Logic, And Relates To Philosophy As Do The Arts, Music, And Plastic Art To Poetry.