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Diary entry for 1922-01-06
... finding the language brutal, worthy of a Social Democrat . . Ever since he was in the war – he admits – he does not want to be reminded of it by anything, such that he now can no longer read "The Mission of German Genius," which caused him such great ...
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Diary entry for 1922-11-09
... . Urlinie is not given to the genius alone, Wolf is more important as a lyricist and other such nonsense. Weisse at midday: promises to ask Buxbaum, whom he is on his way to see right now, about the real reason for Müller's leaving. Sketches to Brahms' Third ...
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Diary entry for 1924-01-13
... the medallion, both Hildebrand's and Fiedler's letters. On the sad state of musicians: while I give him credit for his opinion on Chardin, there is no one amongst the creative musicians who knows anything about geniuses; I am – without numbering ...
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Diary entry for 1924-11-09
... thank him for his advice to Floriz; I would like to hope that the professors will not make me pay for my attitude toward German genius; I announce imminent publication of issue 2/3= 8/9. After teatime, we take Müller along into the Stadtpark. Backlog of ...
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Diary entry for 1913-09-22
... idolize its great geniuses and creators of good things, or at least reckon them among the saints? Never will humanity even begin to consider the idea of pronouncing a Goethe, a Beethoven or a Mozart saintly, instead of the many other saints! The reason for ...
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Diary entry for 1925-03-27
... portrayal and dissection and indeed Shaw's poetic power. I believe to have once before already explained in these pages that it cannot be the purpose of drama to portray genius, and so Joan also falls beyond the limits of a drama. Even more so when a poet ...
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Diary entry for 1916-12-15
... , pp. 2-4. Frau D. erzählt, daß die Notizen von ihrem Bruder Either Heinrich or Fritz Mendl. See diary entry for December 12, in which the remarks on research and genius are first mentioned. sind u. so komme ich in der Stunde wieder auf das Thema ...
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Diary entry for 1914-10-21
... -known from the lives of towering individuals: precisely the genius is brought to account and tested for his usefulness by useless persons, whose existence lasts only a moment and is dependent upon the grace of the genius. Thus the person who does beneficial ...
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Diary entry for 1907-05-26
... to try to instruct on such an issue anyone who considers that taste alone governs art, especially a merely poorly developed taste. People like to talk only of a "genius" (on account of their own vanity!), or to criticize the artist (as if out of a ...
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Diary entry for 1908-01-19
... population. But is it, I ask, any different with the bestowal of spiritual gifts by geniuses upon mankind? Can geniuses ever cure the spiritual impoverishment of the latter? Not even their wealth can help; yet, when viewed from a different perspective, the ...