Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess!

Die Kunst! Wer versteht die, mit wem kann man sich verden uber diese grob gottin!

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Topic

Art

Author

Ludwig van Beethoven

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1810 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Composer Musician

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Beethoven, Ludwig. Letter to Bettina Brentao (Bettina von Arnim). 11 Aug. 1810.

Current Citation

Beethoven, Ludwig. Beethoven's Letters. Dover Publications, 1972.

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Hamlet is a name: His speeches and sayings but the idle coinage of the poet's brain. What then, are they not real? They are as real as our own thoughts. Their reality is in the reader's mind. It is we who are Hamlet.

William Hazlitt

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Power of literature

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William Hazlitt
Language
English
Time
1817 1810s 19th century
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Citation

Hazlitt, William. "Hamlet." Characters of Shakespear's Plays. London: Rowland Hunter and Charles Ollier and James Ollier, 1817.

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Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

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Topic
Painting Purpose of art Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Medium
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Language
French
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.

Another quote originally in German

Beauty can pierce one like a pain.

Thomas Mann

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Topic
Power of beauty Beauty

Author

Thomas Mann
Source
Buddenbrooks
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1901 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Mann, Thomas. Buddenbrooks. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1901, pt. 11, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Mann, Thomas. Buddenbrooks. Dover Publications, 2020, pt. 11, ch. 2.