"Art is the proper task of life...." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.”

“In the dark, time feels different than when it is light.”

“Ye shall be those whose eyes ever seek for an enemy - for YOUR enemy. And with some of you there is hatred at first sight.”

“The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian condition: here it is the mighty act of will, the will which moves mountains, the intoxication of the strong will, which demands artistic expression. The most powerful men have always inspired the architects; the architect has always been influenced by power.”

“The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile.”

“In literary and art criticism there are two criteria, the political and the artistic.”

“Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.”

“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.”

“Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.”