When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. Friedrich Nietzsche on age
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche on alone
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Friedrich Nietzsche on art
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. Friedrich Nietzsche on art
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. Friedrich Nietzsche on art
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.' Friedrich Nietzsche on art
When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art. Friedrich Nietzsche on art
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich Nietzsche on art