Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
confuse dreamers truth
Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
french-philosopher illusion life loose meaning moment
Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.
appears defines existence himself man means meant precedes saying thrust toward turns wills
What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means that first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself. ... Not only is man what he conceives himself to be, but he is also only what he wills himself to be after this thrust toward existence.Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
french-philosopher longer
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
people
There are some people who say and do terrible things and they are not even punished for it.
character clearly man
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
collection women
I think that the collection is very much sophisticated and very woman. It's elegant, not at all sportswear. But it's very much like daytime, but elegant.
god hard
God has always been hard on the poor.
books-and-reading call interested might phone send somebody
If there is somebody we're interested in we might place a phone call and send them a look book.
different influence made
Always my collections are made of different influences.
children parent lucky
I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
age fascinated
I was fascinated by movies from age 12.
thinking renewal collections
I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.
fashion clothes theatre
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all that I love. To make a movie myself... no!