What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.
Franz GrillparzerBefore passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
Franz GrillparzerOnce you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.
Franz GrillparzerThere is one privilege we'll never lose; currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident.
Franz Grillparzer