If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.
Franz GrillparzerIf human beings are immortal, so are animals. If matter has the ability to remember, it also has the ability to think.
Franz GrillparzerIt's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.
Franz GrillparzerNever expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.
Franz Grillparzer