"... art approaches as a saving sorceress,..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
... art approaches as a saving sorceress, expert at healing. She alone knows how to turn these nauseous thoughts about the horror or absurdity of existence into notions with which one can live.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“Without passions you have no experience whatever.”
“In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required--acting as though we do not see through the motivesof their actions.”
“It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.”
More on Art
“Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world....I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands.”
“The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.”
“As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.”
More on Existence
“Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to scratch, to get back up when you've been knocked down, to push forward - ever forward - to forgive. It means sacrificing everything if necessary, to carve out a place for your own existence. It means living.”
“The old question of whether there is design is idle. The real question is what is the world, whether or not it have a designer--and that can be revealed only by the study of all nature's particulars.”
“Everything has sprung from immortal life and is vibrating with life, for life is immense!”