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Elfriede Jelinek Quotes

born 1946 Austria

Elfriede Jelinek (German pronunciation: [ɛlˈfʀiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born October 20, 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."

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nothing comes of nothing after all.

Women As Lovers (1994)

Art is not a Trojan horse.

The Piano Teacher (1988)

I have a feeling that you despise your body and that you only value art, you only value your argent needs, but eating and sleeping aren’t enough. You believe that your appearance is your enemy, and the only friend you have is music. Why look just in the mirror, look at your reflection, you’ll never find a better friend that yourself.

The Piano Teacher (1988)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elfriede Jelinek (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.