43 quotes
Nothing is natural, yet everything is as it is by nature.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
I don’t know if it’s enough for a whole life, a man wants to enjoy many women, a man is different.
Women As Lovers (1994)
Intellectuals will still go on emphasizing free will even when they’ve got nothing left to eat.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
First the masters died, now their music is dying, because people only want to listen to pop, rock, and punk.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
Happiness happens by chance, and is not a law or the logical consequences of actions.
Women As Lovers (1994)
Every child instinctively heads toward dirt and filth unless you pull it back.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
Murder and assault are not lunacy; they are the logical conclusions if you live a life without an assured financial foundation.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
In this new era, what sets you free is knowledge, not work.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
The rules of art do not exist, because what makes art art is the fact that it obeys no rules at all.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
For the first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
In the case of a writer like Musil writing is often a graceful act,like a silvery fish leaping.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
There are no holidays for art; and that’s just fine with the artist.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
Sometimes, of course, art creates the suffering in the first place.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
Better to wear worn shoes than to polish the boots of shop owner.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
Just keep following my tears, and the brook will take you in.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
The criteria of art are the imponderable, the immeasurable.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
Money is unimportant, but it is reassuring to have it.
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
Art and order, the relative that refuse to relate.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
The artist is lonesome and admits his solitude.
The Piano Teacher (1988)
One suffers work, even if one enjoys doing it.
Women As Lovers (1994)