Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it gets unobstructed hold of the hearer's mind without his being distracted by secondary thoughts, and partly because he feels that here he is not being corrupted or deceived by the arts of rhetoric, but that the whole effect is got from the thing itself.

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

The law of simplicity and naivete applies to all fine art, for it is compatible with what is most sublime. True brevity of expression consists in a man only sa…

For a work to become immortal it must possess so many excellences that it will not be easy to find a man who understands and values them all; so that there wil…

'Leib bin ich und Seele'-so redet das Kind. Und warum sollte man nicht wie die Kinder reden?

Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another's soul would'st reach! It needs the overflow of heart To gi…

Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot…