Georg Simmel — "The secret of beauty is that it is not beautiful enough."

"The essence of art is that it creates a world that is more real than reality."

"The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimul…"

"Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its s…"

"Conflict is designed to resolve divergent dualisms; it is a way of achieving some kind of unity."

"By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the duty to fill in this empty place. That is my life."