Let me call attention to one last point of view. The line in italics is my pretext for this remark. A Dionysian life-task needs the hardness of the hammer, and one of its first essentials is without doubt the joy even of destruction. The command, "Harden yourselves!" and the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.
Nietzsche · Thus Spake Zarathustra (from 'Why I Write Such Excellent Books')
All creators are hard
Nietzsche says that the command 'Harden yourselves!' and the conviction that all creators are hard are the distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.
On Zarathustra
- Creation and the creatorHardness as the mark of the creator.