Fragments from German Prose Writers. Translated by S. Austin. Illustrated with notesJohn Murray, 1841 - 359 pages |
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... artist , that his work , like a full - grown child , no longer reflects its influence on its father ? And how much would the art advance if it were occupied al- most exclusively with the external , which belongs to all , and , in common ...
... artist , that his work , like a full - grown child , no longer reflects its influence on its father ? And how much would the art advance if it were occupied al- most exclusively with the external , which belongs to all , and , in common ...
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... artist to reanimate it ! The likeness of a man is wholly independent ; wherever it may be placed , it speaks for itself . We do not require that it should indicate the place where his body rests . But shall I confess to you a strange ...
... artist to reanimate it ! The likeness of a man is wholly independent ; wherever it may be placed , it speaks for itself . We do not require that it should indicate the place where his body rests . But shall I confess to you a strange ...
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... artist of that world is here at home ; here he forms himself— for this he lives . Let him who is unhappy in the actual world , —who finds not what he seeks , —let him go into the world of books and of art - into Nature , that eternal ...
... artist of that world is here at home ; here he forms himself— for this he lives . Let him who is unhappy in the actual world , —who finds not what he seeks , —let him go into the world of books and of art - into Nature , that eternal ...
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... artist belongs to his work , not the work to the artist . Novalis . Monastery of Sta Scolastica , Subiaco . SOMEWHAT more than a day's journey from Rome , opposite to the luxuriantly garlanded ruins of the Therms of Nero , on the barren ...
... artist belongs to his work , not the work to the artist . Novalis . Monastery of Sta Scolastica , Subiaco . SOMEWHAT more than a day's journey from Rome , opposite to the luxuriantly garlanded ruins of the Therms of Nero , on the barren ...
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... ARTIST TO HIS PUPIL . MY DEAR Emilius , I AM anxious before we part to speak with you once more , and to repeat to you in writing what I have such countless times sought to impress upon your heart still more urgently and distinctly by ...
... ARTIST TO HIS PUPIL . MY DEAR Emilius , I AM anxious before we part to speak with you once more , and to repeat to you in writing what I have such countless times sought to impress upon your heart still more urgently and distinctly by ...
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