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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

Hermann Hesse
Art, Grace, World

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

Hermann Hesse
Life, Wisdom, Art
Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.98, Om Books International

Slowly blossomed, slowly ripened in Siddhartha the realisation, the knowledge, what wisdom actually was, what the goal of his long search was. It was nothing but a readiness of the soul, an ability, a secret art, to think every moment, while living his life, the thought of oneness, to be able to feel and inhale the oneness.

Hermann Hesse
Art, Thinking, Oneness
Hermann Hesse (2016). “Siddhartha”, p.95, Jaico Publishing House

The highest art... sets down its creations and trusts in their magic, without fear of not being understood.

Hermann Hesse
Trust, Art, Magic

The art of love-giving and taking become one.

Hermann Hesse
Love, Art, Giving

Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding.

Hermann Hesse
Art, Grace, Understanding

"You do not really love me — you love nobody. Is that not true?" "Maybe," said Siddhartha wearily. "I am like you. You cannot love either, otherwise how could you practice love as an art? Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can — that is their secret."

Hermann Hesse
Art, Practice, People
"Siddhartha".

So wie die Verruecktheit in einem hoeheren Sinn, der Anfang aller Weisheit ist, so ist die Schizophrenie der Anfang aller Kunst, aller Phantasie. (As insanity in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom, so is schizophrenia the beginning of all art, all fantasy.)

Hermann Hesse
Art, Insanity, Fantasy

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