Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzerwas an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 January 1791
CountryAustria
art order poetry
Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).
life art perfection
The manifestation of poetry in external life is formal perfection. True sentiment grows within, and art must represent internal phenomena externally.
age hours decline
Our age believed herself pregnant with auspicious progeny, but when her hour came, it turned out to be dropsy.
beautiful book together
A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.
time work appreciate
Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.
music art laughing
A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.
beauty beautiful uplifting
Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.
animal snakes skins
A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.
children religion want
Women, children, Tyroleans and preachers want to create a new kingdom of God, but the God of their kingdom looks like women, children, preachers, and Tyrolians.
philosophy philosophical religion
The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.
people religion church
Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.
teacher poetry way
The way in which modern German poetry follows theories reminds me of pupils who, scolded by their teacher for their insubordination, justify themselves by saying that they invented new rules of propriety according to which they are quite well- behaved.
modern courses humanism
The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.
pride eminence insignificance
I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.