Quotes by Martin Heidegger

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The essence of art is poetry... The essence of poetry is the establishment of truth, and as such it is historical.

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Poetry is the telling of being... it is the founding of being through the word.

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Art is the enactment of truth.

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What is the most important thing in art? The one that is most prominent in the other manifestations of life: the proud freedom of thought.

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The essence of truth is freedom.