August Wilhelm Von Schlegel Quotes
In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.
Authorship is, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, a virtue.
That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general.
The thinker requires exactly the same light as the painter, clear, without direct sunshine, or blinding reflection, and, where possible, from above.