“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“What keeps all living things busy and in motion is the striving to exist. But when existence is secured, they do not know what to do: that is why the second thing that sets them in motion is a striving to get rid of the burden of existence, not to feel it any longer, 'to kill time', i.e. to escape boredom.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
“The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
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