Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later: von) Schlegel (10 March 1772 – 12 January 1829) was a German poet, critic and scholar.
Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility. Use this quote
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age. Use this quote
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Use this quote
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. Use this quote
In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible. Use this quote
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. Use this quote
Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry. Use this quote
Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine. Use this quote
Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime. Use this quote
What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best. Use this quote
