Tuesday, March 22, 2011

For beauty is nothing

For beauty is nothing

Post under at 10:09 PM Posted by newbee
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we still are just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
"The First Elegy"
Duino Elegies, 2009
Translated by Stephen Mitchell

Digg Google Bookmarks reddit Mixx StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Buzz DesignFloat Delicious BlinkList Furl

0 comments: on "For beauty is nothing"

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)