“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”

“There is no such thing as moral phenomena, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena”

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”

“The text has disappeared under the interpretation.”

“The philosopher is lacking who interprets the deed and does not merely transpose it.”

“Interpreting myself, I always readMyself into my books. I clearly needSome help. But all who climb on their own wayCarry my image, too, into the breaking day.”

“In truth, nothing could be more opposed to the purely aesthetic interpretation and justification of the world which are taught in this book than the Christian teaching, which is, and wants to be, only moral and which relegates art, every art, to the realm of lies; with its absolute standards, beginning with the truthfulness of God, it negates, judges, and damns art.”