Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. – Friedrich Nietzsche
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. – Friedrich Nietzsche