“For Kierkegaard, for Heidegger, for Sartre, the more profound the awareness, the more authentic the existence. They measure honesty and the essence of experience by the degree of awareness. But is our humanity really built on awareness? Doesn't awareness--that forced,… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“If you were to stare at this box of matches, you could extract entire worlds out of it. If you search for tastes in… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“My literature must remain that which it is. Especially that something which does not fit into politics and does not want to serve it.… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Joey, it's high time, dear child. What will people say? If you don't want to be a doctor, at least be a womanizer, or… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Why, my man is created from the outside, that is, he is inauthentic in essence- he is always not-himself, because he is determined by… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
You, oh mature ones, keep company solely with other mature ones, and your maturity is so mature that it can only chum up with… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Average intelligence loves blinders, which facilitate an even trot; but a brisker and livelier intelligence desires uncertainty, risk, a play of more deceptive and… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough. — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Many a beauty in her own room behaves repulsively till one splits one's sides.” — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act. — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Cóż wy wiecie o triumfie, który pozwala rozkoszować się własną niedojrzałością i jest jednocześnie jej wyswobodzeniem i przezwyciężeniem?” — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“(…) jest naiwnością mniemanie, jakoby zachwyt nasz wobec dzieła sztuki z nas samych pochodził: że zachwyt ten w sporej mierze nie rodzi się z… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Wielka Poezja będąc wielką i będąc poezją nie może nie zachwycać nas, a więc zachwyca!” — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
