Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes on art

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

One ought to hold on to one's heart.. view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.".. view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his "divine service.".. view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Art raises its head where creeds relax... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Art is the proper task of life... view

By: 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... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?.. view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

We have art in order not to die of the truth... view

By: Friedrich Nietzsche