Christian Morgenstern quotes

Christian Morgenstern was a German poet, author, and translator, best known for his humorous and whimsical poetry. His work often features wordplay, absurdity, and philosophical undertones. He remains a beloved figure in German literature for his unique style and imagination. Here are 21 of his quotes:

You are not at home where your residence are but where you are understood. (Christian Morgenstern)

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

Christian Morgenstern

The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.

Christian Morgenstern

There are often some hundred times, a thousand times, before you can really see it for the first time.

Christian Morgenstern

In every work of art, the artist himself is present.

Christian Morgenstern

If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.

Christian Morgenstern

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

Christian Morgenstern

Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.

Christian Morgenstern

A true artist never portrays to please, but to show.

Christian Morgenstern

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

Christian Morgenstern

If I did not love what is present, if I could not cling to this enormous, safe parachute, I would long since have fallen into the abyss. (Christian Morgenstern)

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

Christian Morgenstern

It is one of the oddest things in the world that you can read a page or more and think of something utterly different.

Christian Morgenstern

Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.

Christian Morgenstern

There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels.

Christian Morgenstern

My method is to find a word with a gesture.

Christian Morgenstern

A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet.

Christian Morgenstern

To me, the term ‘middle-class' connotes a safe, comfortable, middle-of-the road policy. Above all, our language is ‘middle-class' in the middle of our road. To drive it to one side or the other or even off the road, is the noblest task of the future.

Christian Morgenstern

None of you knows what creativity means. To paint a picture, to write a poem? No! To recast one's whole age, to impose upon it the stamp of one's will, to fill it with beauty, to overwhelm it, to overpower it with one's spirit.

Christian Morgenstern

For, he reasons pointedly That which must not, can not be.

Christian Morgenstern

Everything is beautiful if you love it. (Christian Morgenstern)

Christian Morgenstern

Occupation: German Poet
Born: May 6, 1871
Died: March 31, 1914
Quotes count: 21
Wikipedia: Christian Morgenstern

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