“Man will begin to recover the moment he takes art as seriously as physics, chemistry or money.”
“Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.”
“At the moment when anyone begins to take philosophy seriously, all the world believes the opposite.”—Human, All Too Human, “Assorted Opinions and Maxims,”
“A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their art; it’s a sign of “authenticity.”
“Physically, he is recovering quite fast… emotionally, he is a mess. He thinks he could have stopped it from happening.”
“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”