“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
What this quote means
Also from "Maxims and Arrows." For Nietzsche music was not decoration but a direct expression of the Dionysian — the affirming, vital force he set against dry rationalism. The line captures his belief that art justifies existence.
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