Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when the friction of free sociability electrifies it to such an extent that the most gentle stimulus of friendly or hostile contact elicits from it lightning sparks, luminous flashes, or shattering blows.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

God the father, and even more often the devil himself, appears at times in the place of fate in the modern tragedy. Why is it thatthis has not induced any scholar to develop a theory of the diabolical genre?

One mentions many artists who are actually art works of nature.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.