Quote by Friedrich von Schiller

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science an

Summary

This quote suggests that it is often seen that both science and art are influenced by the prevailing beliefs or trends of a particular era. The quote implies that the spirit of the age greatly influences the work produced in both fields, and that there is a reciprocal relationship between creative taste and critical judgment. In other words, the preferences and judgments of society have a powerful impact on the direction and outcome of scientific and artistic endeavors.

Topics

Religion

By Friedrich von Schiller

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I believe Beauty is the condition of the perfect life, just

I believe Beauty is the condition of the perfect life, just as important as Virtue and Truth.

Life Truth Beauty Virtues

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves fin

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open.

Rabrindranath Tagore

Love

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Time

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.

Benjamin Whichcote

Truth

Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.

Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.

Success is failure turned inside out.

Success is failure turned inside out.

Success & Failure

LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a

LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.

William Shakespeare

Men Freedom Happiness Equality Marriage Independence Empowerment Bachelorhood Husbands Matrimony Self Determination Singles

Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the

Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sadness

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

Food

You must match your energy, your vibration, with that of the

You must match your energy, your vibration, with that of the universe, bringing it to a higher frequency where it synchronizes with the object, person, or situation you require.

Stephen Richards

Law Of Attraction Mind Power Stephen Richards Synchronicity

I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad pers

I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly.

Business

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be und

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived --forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward-looking position.

Soren Kierkegaard

Life