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
men flames fire
At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.
mirrors literature monkeys
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates.
strength military army
Our poetry emulates the recent progress in military strategy: Our army's strength is the foot soldiers.
poetry criticism tailors
A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he candivide.
poetry poetic poet
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
simple religion reason
The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.
children philosophical poetry
The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
wise wisdom men
A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
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.
time order lazy
When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.
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.