Franz Grillparzer Quotes
1791–1872 Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872) was an Austrian dramatic poet.
Also known as: Grillparzer, Franz
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I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.
The irreligious are more religious than they themselves know, and the religious are less so than they think.
Aphorism (1857)
He is like all the rest: a slave to profit, a master only to his bent for negotiating the best deal.
Libussa (1872)
When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.
Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest.
Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.
Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object?
Notebooks and Diaries (1820)
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful tone is silenced.
Notebooks and Diaries (1809)
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.
What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.