Art is the daughter of freedom.
Friedrich SchillerRead
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
Interpretation
Aesthetic values play a crucial role in the growth of both individuals and society.
Friedrich Schiller emphasizes the significance of aesthetic experiences in fostering a balanced and harmonious existence for both individuals and the larger community. He argues that beauty and art are not mere indulgences but essential components that contribute to our social fabric and personal development.
In practice
During a lecture on art and society, I quoted Schiller to illustrate the importance of aesthetics in cultural development.
Art is the daughter of freedom.
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.
As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant light into the depths of the heart, imagination catches its rays, and the peaks of humanity will be glowing when humid night still lingers in the valleys.
Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles.
I paint not the things I see but the feelings they arouse in me.
Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact design of my wedding dress, only it’s the color of coal and made of tiny feathers. Wonderingly, I lift my long, flowing sleeves into the air, and that’s when I see myself on the television screen. Clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeves. Or should I say my wings. Because Cinna had turned me into a mockingjay.
'Rent' was the show that made me want to write. Or that showed me you're allowed to write.
One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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