8 Quotes & Sayings By Christian Morgenstern

Christian Morgenstern is a Berlin-based artist and musician. He has been active in the alternative art scene since the early '90s, and has been featured in numerous publications, exhibitions, art fairs and festivals, including Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany. His work has been described as "political," but also as "obscure," "political," or even "cinematic." He is most well known for his paintings of life-sized cuddly monsters with their arms around the world, and the political implications of such an image.

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940Home is not where you live but where they understand you. Christian Morgenstern
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Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth. Christian Morgenstern
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Humour is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite. Christian Morgenstern
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Home is not where you live but where they understand you. Christian Morgenstern
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There is a ghost That eats handkerchiefs It keeps you company On all your travels. Christian Morgenstern
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Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general. Christian Morgenstern
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To me the term 'middle-class' connotes a safe comfortable middle-of-the road policy. Above all our language is 'middle-class' in the middle of our road. To drive it to one side or the other or even off the road is the noblest task of the future. Christian Morgenstern