Doublereed Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2004/10

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:02:47 -0400


"Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to=20
productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine. It isn=E2=80=99t=
money, for genius=20
seldom gets any. It isn=E2=80=99t fame: fame is too uncertain and, more clos=
ely=20
considered, of too little worth. Nor is it strictly for its own pleasure, fo=
r the=20
great exertion involved almost outweighs the pleasure. It is rather an insti=
nct=20
of a unique sort by virtue of which the individual possessed of genius is=20
impelled to express what he has seen and felt in enduring works without bein=
g=20
conscious of any further motivation. It takes place, by and large, with the=20=
same=20
sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no=20=
more=20
than a soil on which the individual can flourish."

-Arthur Schopenhauer (1788=E2=80=931860) German philosopher
Originally published in "Parerga and Paralipomena," vol. 2 (1851)

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