"You must have chaos within
you to give birth to a dancing star."
-Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Friedrich Nietzsche is known for many memorable quotations such as "that which does not kill us makes us stronger" or "without music life would be a mistake." However, I chose to focus on this quotation which I feel relates to potential creativity that people possess inside them. What I believe Nietzsche is trying to say is that the chaos (or ugly, unwanted emotions) that people deal with should not be ignored, but utilized. Negative emotions that can cause people to feel and react strongly can be used as inspiration for pieces of art. I personally find myself creating my best pieces of art when I am experiencing emotions lacking in optimism such as sadness, regret, grief, longing, hurt, or a mixture of useless or hopelessness. These emotions make me want to explore the other side of myself that I rarely let anyone see and express this other side in my art through the use of symbolization, metaphor, and surrealism. Nietzsche understood that art can be inspired by all spectrums of emotion.
Sampling of Nietzsche's work:
The Birth of Tragedy From the Spirit of Music (1872)
Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits (1879)
The Gay Science (1882)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book For All and a Book For None (1885)
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886)
The Antichrist (1888)
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