"A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: Sing for us soon again; that is as much as to say, May new sufferings torment your soul."
Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard
"What is it that the soul of the tragic artist communicates to others? Is it not precisely his fearless attitude towards that which is terrible and questionable?
A courageous and free spirit, in the presence of a mighty foe, in the presence of sublime misfortune, and face-to-face with a problem that inspires horror--this is the triumphant attitude which the tragic artist selects and which he glorifies...he is used to suffering, he looks out for suffering, the heroic man, extols his existence by means of tragedy--to him alone does the tragic artist offer this cup of sweetest cruelty. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
A courageous and free spirit, in the presence of a mighty foe, in the presence of sublime misfortune, and face-to-face with a problem that inspires horror--this is the triumphant attitude which the tragic artist selects and which he glorifies...he is used to suffering, he looks out for suffering, the heroic man, extols his existence by means of tragedy--to him alone does the tragic artist offer this cup of sweetest cruelty. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
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