Even in the depths of sleep, in which he had to satisfy his need for protection and love by curling himself up into a trembling ball, he could not rid himself of the feeling of loneliness and homelessness. — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
“A művészi tevékenység nem más, mint kész tételek dedukciója. A művészek később már semmi újat nem fedeznek fel, csak a kezdetben gondjaikra bízott titkot tanulják meg egyre jobban megérteni; alkotóerejük szüntelen exegézis, egyetlen versfeladványhoz írt kommentár. A művészet egyébként nem oldja fel teljes egészében a titkot, az végül is megfejthetetlen marad. A csomó, amelyre a lelkünket kötötték, nem hamis csomó,… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share
“After tidying up, Adela would plunge the rooms into semidarkness by drawing down the linen blinds. All colors immediately fell an octave lower, the room filled with shadows, as if it had sunk to the bottom of the sea and the light was reflected in mirrors of green water–and the heat of the day began to breathe on the blinds… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share
Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands? — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
“On those luminous mornings Adela returned from the market, like Pomona emerging from the flames of day, spilling from her basket the coloful beauty of the sun –the shiny pink cherries full of juice under their transparent skins, the mysterious apricots in whose golden pulp lay the core of long afternoons. And next to that pure poetry of fruit, she… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share
My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity. — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
Theses officers were good friends, so it must have been a terrible argument, because the one who played chess with my father was so… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
“His unlived life worried him, tortured him, turning round and round inside him like an animal in a cage. In Dodo's body, the body… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
“there is no dead matter," he taught us, "lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life. The range of these… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father. — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
“After a brief moment of splendour, the whole enterprise too a sad turn.” — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness. — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
