“A man's soul, like the chameleon, takes colour from its environment.”
Quotes by George Sylvester Viereck
“Fancy, unlike genius, is an infectious disease.”
“The man who encompasses heaven and hell is a perfect man. But there are many heavens and more hells. The artist snatches fire from both. Surely the assassin feels no more intensely the lust of murder than the poet who depicts it in glowing words. The things he writes are as real to him as the things that he lives. But in his realm the poet is supreme. His hands may be red with blood or white with leprosy: he still remains king. Woe to him, however, if he transcends the limits of his kingdom and translates into action the secret of his dreams. The throng that before applauded him will stone his quivering body or nail to the cross his delicate hands and feet.”
George Sylvester ViereckGeorge Sylvester Viereck was a German-born American poet and journalist whose early career was marked by literary success and acclaim. He published several volumes of poetry and novels, showcasing his...