Franz Grillparzer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.”

“Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.”

“This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.”

“Prose talks and poetry sings.”

“Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.”

“If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.”

“No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.”

“If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.”

“Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest.”

“The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.”