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Witold Gombrowicz Quotes

I am reading Sienkiewicz. What tormenting reading. What a powerful genius! And there never was such a first-rate writer of the second-rate class Picture Quote #1

Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom Picture Quote #1

Man does not fear death, only the suffering Picture Quote #1

A brilliant liar; he has total recall Picture Quote #1

Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost Picture Quote #1

A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed Picture Quote #1

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To contradict, even in little matters, is the supreme necessity of art today Picture Quote #1

Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it Picture Quote #1

I am a collection of the family’s body parts Picture Quote #1

Beauty beheld in solitude is even more lethal Picture Quote #1

Our element is unending immaturity Picture Quote #1

Don’t be fooled by your own wisdom Picture Quote #1

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This furtive childhood, this concealed degradation is ready to explode your systems sooner or later Picture Quote #1

Don't change the beggar into a conqueror, because it was the beggar who led you to conquest Picture Quote #1

You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you don't... You are more beautiful as an orphan than as your mother's son Picture Quote #1

Great poetry must be admired, because it is great and because it is poetry, and so we admire it Picture Quote #1

Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act Picture Quote #1

The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough Picture Quote #1

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Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man's soul, be it even the soul of an idiot Picture Quote #1

Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity... and here I am, reborn Picture Quote #1

It is in the prime of youth that man sinks into empty phrases and grimaces. It’s in this smithy that our maturity is forged Picture Quote #1

You, oh mature ones, keep company solely with other mature ones, and your maturity is so mature that it can only chum up with maturity! Picture Quote #1

I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude Picture Quote #1

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead Picture Quote #1

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Not surprisingly, because too much attention to one object leads to distraction, this one object conceals everything else, and when we focus on one point on the map we know that all other points are eluding us Picture Quote #1

The individual is a nut so impossible to crack that no theoretic tooth will be able to manage it. And so nothing will be able to justify your defeat, bumblers! Picture Quote #1

It was too late to retreat - the world exists only because it is always too late to retreat Picture Quote #1

My literature must remain that which it is. Especially that something which does not fit into politics and does not want to serve it. I cultivate just one politics: my own. I am a separate state Picture Quote #1

Great! I’ve written something stupid, but I haven’t signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity... and here I am, reborn Picture Quote #1

Any artist who respects himself ought to be, and in every sense of the term, an emigre Picture Quote #1

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I am reading Sienkiewicz. What tormenting reading. What a powerful genius! And there never was such a first-rate writer of the second-rate class (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Man does not fear death, only the suffering (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) A brilliant liar; he has total recall (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) To contradict, even in little matters, is the supreme necessity of art today (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) I am a collection of the family’s body parts (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Beauty beheld in solitude is even more lethal (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Our element is unending immaturity (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Don’t be fooled by your own wisdom (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) This furtive childhood, this concealed degradation is ready to explode your systems sooner or later (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Don't change the beggar into a conqueror, because it was the beggar who led you to conquest (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you don't... You are more beautiful as an orphan than as your mother's son (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Great poetry must be admired, because it is great and because it is poetry, and so we admire it (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man's soul, be it even the soul of an idiot (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity... and here I am, reborn (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) It is in the prime of youth that man sinks into empty phrases and grimaces. It’s in this smithy that our maturity is forged (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) You, oh mature ones, keep company solely with other mature ones, and your maturity is so mature that it can only chum up with maturity! (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Not surprisingly, because too much attention to one object leads to distraction, this one object conceals everything else, and when we focus on one point on the map we know that all other points are eluding us (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) The individual is a nut so impossible to crack that no theoretic tooth will be able to manage it. And so nothing will be able to justify your defeat, bumblers! (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) It was too late to retreat - the world exists only because it is always too late to retreat (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) My literature must remain that which it is. Especially that something which does not fit into politics and does not want to serve it. I cultivate just one politics: my own. I am a separate state (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Great! I’ve written something stupid, but I haven’t signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity... and here I am, reborn (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes) Any artist who respects himself ought to be, and in every sense of the term, an emigre (Witold Gombrowicz Quotes)

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