The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not ennobled by birth, however, but through deliberate self-initiation.


“Selected Ideas (1799-1800)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) # 146

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not...

The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not...

The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not...

The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not...