Friedrich Schiller

"You worthy critics, or whatever you may call yourselves, are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness which is found in all real creators, the longer or shorter duration of which distinguishes the thinking artist from the dreamer. Hence your complaints of unfruitfulness, for you reject too soon and discriminate too severely."

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Source: Friedrich Schiller (2012). “On the Aesthetic Education of Man”, p.51, Courier Corporation

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Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

Friedrich Schiller was a German poet and playwright known for his exploration of freedom and humanity in works like 'The Robbers' and 'William Tell'.

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