To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one to feel it through the ineptitude of the interpretation. I prefer the Chopin that reaches me in the street from an open window to the Chopin served in great style from the concert stage.
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
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
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,… - Witold Gombrowicz
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,…
Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man's soul, be it even the soul of an idiot. - Witold Gombrowicz
Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man's soul, be it even the soul of an idiot.
The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough. - Witold Gombrowicz
The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough.
To contradict, even in little matters, is the supreme necessity of art today. - Witold Gombrowicz
To contradict, even in little matters, is the supreme necessity of art today.
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 stupidi… - Witold Gombrowicz
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 stupidi…
Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom. - Witold Gombrowicz
Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.
Any artist who respects himself ought to be, and in every sense of the term, an emigre. - Witold Gombrowicz
Any artist who respects himself ought to be, and in every sense of the term, an emigre.
Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost. - Witold Gombrowicz
Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.
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