Gottfried Benn

“The state is the form of mythology.”

“Nihilism is the final stage of an idealist's disappointment.”

“Art is the last metaphysical activity within European nihilism.”

“I carry my landscapes around with me.”

“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.”

“History is the neurosis of humanity.”

“There is no reality, only its images.”

“There are only two things: the void and the marked self.”

“Art is the attempt to create a world of its own, a world of form and order, in the face of the chaos of reality.”

“We are all outcasts.”

“The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.”

“To be stupid and have work, that is happiness.”

“He who is lonely is also without guilt.”

“We are not going to change the world, but we can at least not be part of this horrible circus.”

“There are only two things: Either you are a dream or a dreamer.”

“The ego is a geographical concept.”

“Whoever says 'I' is lying.”

“A poem is rarely born, a poem is made.”

“A person is a conglomerate of glands and illusions.”

“The form alone is the content.”