Oct 23, 2019
Pete Wentz posting a Rainer Maria Rilke quote is my new aesthetic (Instagram Story, 23.10.2019)
From the poem "Gott spricht zu jedem nur, eh er ihn macht" (1899)
Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, born Dec 4th 1875 in Prague. He created a new type of poetry called Dinggedicht (translates to "poem of things"), for which he is considered one of the most important poets of the lyrical modernity. He died Dec 29th 1926 in Montreux, Switzerland.
Original:
"Lass dir Alles geschehen: Schönheit und Schrecken
Man muss nur gehn: kein Gefühl ist das fernste"