For it is only as an aesthetic phenomenon that existence and the world are eternally justified.

The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life.

Completely true to nature!' - what a lie: / How could nature ever be constrained into a picture? / The smallest bit of nature is infinite! / And so he paints what he likes about it. / And what does he like? He likes what he can paint!

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

It is our needs that interpret the world; our drives and their For and Against. Every drive is a kind of lust to rule; each one has its perspective that it would like to compel all other drives to accept as a norm.