All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelThe life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not ennobled by birth, however, but through deliberate self-initiation.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelWomen do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelOne can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel