Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“We, however, want to be the poets of our life, and first of all in the smallest and most commonplace matters.”
- Source
- The Joyful Wisdom
- Date
- 1910
- English wording
- Thomas Common — Translator; Paul V. Cohn — Poetry renderer; Maude D. Petre — Poetry renderer · from German
Meaning of “We, however, want to be the poets of…”
The line extends artistic perception into ordinary conduct, suggesting that a life can be shaped through attention to small, repeated choices rather than only dramatic acts.
Where does it come from?
The Joyful Wisdom, aphorism 299; Thomas Common translation in the represented 1910 English edition.
