Christian Morgenstern Professions : Author Born : May 6, 1871 Died : March 31, 1914 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Christian Morgenstern Home is not where you live but where they understand you. Christian Morgenstern wisdom home travel The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer. Christian Morgenstern want children art Woe to humanity, should only a single animal have a seat in the Last Judgement. Christian Morgenstern judgement humanity animal In every work of art, the artist himself is present. Christian Morgenstern works-of-art artist art There are often some hundred times, a thousand times, before you can really see it for the first time. Christian Morgenstern hundred first-time firsts Aviation will give new nourishment to the religious sprit of mankind. It will add airspace to those other great heighteners of the cosmic mood: the wood, the sea, the desert. Christian Morgenstern religious sea giving If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically. Christian Morgenstern carpe-diem animal men Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth. Christian Morgenstern earth enthusiasm beautiful Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood. Christian Morgenstern understood house home In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and serious things not the miniature ships, recreated in the minutest detail, but the walnutshell with a bird feather as mast and sail and a pebble as the captain. He also wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer. For this "child in man" is the immortal creator within him. Christian Morgenstern fun children art Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite. Christian Morgenstern humor views life The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother. Christian Morgenstern christian mother children A true artist never portrays to please, but to show. Christian Morgenstern please artist shows For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism. Christian Morgenstern constant criticism mean You are not at home where your residence are but where you are understood. Christian Morgenstern where-you-are understood home To me, the term 'middle-class' connotes a safe, comfortable, middle-of-the road policy. Above all, our language is 'middle-class' in the middle of our road. To drive it to one side or the other or even off the road, is the noblest task of the future. Christian Morgenstern safe sides class Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general. Christian Morgenstern realizing language world Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative. Christian Morgenstern initiative imagination chess It is one of the oddest things in the world that you can read a page or more and think of something utterly different. Christian Morgenstern different world thinking My method is to find a word with a gesture. Christian Morgenstern gestures method Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
