Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
"
The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding; in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the cross.
"
Art is the proper task of life.
"
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
"
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add...
"
Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.
"
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
"
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
"
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
"
In music the passions enjoy themselves.
"
Business people - Your business - is your greatest prejudice: it ties you to your locality, to the company you keep, to the inclinations you feel. Dil...
"
The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.
"
At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of i...
"
Convictions are prisons.
"
Besides this I place another equally obvious confirmation of my view that opera is based on the same principles as our Alexandrian culture. Opera is t...
