I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic Teutonic glories.
Wenn jemand sich in Inkarnation befindet, bietet ihm dieser Körper das Problem, das er erlernen muss oder (wenn die Evolution fortgeschritten ist) bietet den Träger, der sich für die Art der jeweiligen Aufgabe am besten eignet. Ein orientalischer Körpertyp hat eine gewisse Anzahl von Fähigkeiten, und ein abendländischer Körpertyp weist andere und, wenn ich so sagen darf, ebenso gute Eignungen auf.
Vergleichende Anatomie der Engel. On the comparative anatomy of angels.
There's an expression in Yiddish, which is "der gelernte naar" - a "learned fool. " You can know a great deal, you can have a Ph. D. , and you can still be a total idiot.
Van Der Vaart's movement is always on the move
[Eva Braun] would also refer to [Adolf Hitler] as "the boss" (der Chef), but she never called him "Adolf" or "Adi" to anyone after the very early days. It was always der Führer.
[Eva Braun] always called him der Führer to us. It was ridiculous, but she never changed that.
Der Mensch ist, was er isst. Man is what he eats.
The Berlin of the '20s formed the foundation of my future education. . . the Berlin of the UFA studios, of Fritz Lang, Lubitsch and Erich Pommer. The Berlin of the architects Gropius, Mendelsohn and Mies van der Rohe. The Berlin of the painters Max Libermann, Grosz, Otto Dix, Klee and Kandinsky.
So wie die Verruecktheit in einem hoeheren Sinn, der Anfang aller Weisheit ist, so ist die Schizophrenie der Anfang aller Kunst, aller Phantasie. (As insanity in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom, so is schizophrenia the beginning of all art, all fantasy. )
We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve.
Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger. , Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit. ]
Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt. Man errs as long as he strives.
If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.
In front of other people it was almost always "Fräulein Braun. " Just as [Eva Braun] called him "der Führer," [Adolf Hitler] called her "Fräulein Braun. "
Sarah had a saying: Der gleichster veg iz ful mit shtainer. " "What's it mean?" "The smoothest way is sometimes full of stones.
Beloved brother, let us not forget that man can never get away from himself. [Ger. , Lass uns, geliebter Bruder, nicht vergessen, Dass von sich selbst der Mensch nicht scheiden kann. ]
