Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.
Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood. - Christian Morgenstern
Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood.
- Christian Morgenstern
Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite. - Christian Morgenstern
Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.
There are often some hundred times, a thousand times, before you can really see it for the first time. - Christian Morgenstern
There are often some hundred times, a thousand times, before you can really see it for the first time.
In every work of art, the artist himself is present. - Christian Morgenstern
In every work of art, the artist himself is present.
Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth. - Christian Morgenstern
Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.
If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically. - Christian Morgenstern
If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.
A true artist never portrays to please, but to show. - Christian Morgenstern
A true artist never portrays to please, but to show.
Woe to humanity, should only a single animal have a seat in the Last Judgement. - Christian Morgenstern
Woe to humanity, should only a single animal have a seat in the Last Judgement.
The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer. - Christian Morgenstern
The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.
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