“In the case of the creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell, and only then does it review and inspect the multitude. You worthy critics, or whatever you may call yourselves, are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness which is found in all real creators, the longer or shorter duration of which distinguishes the thinking artist from the dreamer. Hence your complaints of unfruitfulness, for you reject too soon and discriminate too severely.”

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About Friedrich Schiller

German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian

Friedrich Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher, and historian. He is one of the major figures of German classicism and a leading voice in the Sturm und Drang movement. He wrote across drama, poetry, philosophy, and history, and his work helped shape German literature in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is remembered for his broad human concerns and for writing with moral seriousness, dramatic energy, and a strong sense of idealism.

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