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Single Idea 20102

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom]

Full Idea

Flight from boredom is the mother of all art.

Gist of Idea

Flight from boredom leads to art

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885], 8.432), quoted by Rüdiger Safranski - Nietzsche: a philosophical biography Intro

Book Reference

Safranski,Rüdiger: 'Nietzsche: a philosophical biography' [Granta 2003], p.23


A Reaction

I might even say that all human achievement comes from boredom.