--- title: "1 Man Individual Quotes By Witold Gombrowicz" description: "1 Man Individual quotes by Witold Gombrowicz. Plus more from Witold Gombrowicz and more Man Individual sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/witold-gombrowicz-4922_nature_wednesday-wind-and-spindles-of-clouds-cr_477647.jpg" --- > [“Wednesday Wind and spindles of clouds crowding the peaks from the south. A lone chicken pecks away on the lawn… To be a concrete man. To be an individual. Not to strive to transform the whole world. To live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/wednesday-wind-and-spindles-of-clouds-crowding-the-peaks-from-the/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/witold-gombrowicz-4922_nature_wednesday-wind-and-spindles-of-clouds-cr_477647.jpg) ## More by Witold Gombrowicz > [“If you were to stare at this box of matches, you could extract entire worlds out of it. If you search for tastes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/if-you-were-to-stare-at-this-box-of-matches-you-could-extract-entire/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“My literature must remain that which it is. Especially that something which does not fit into politics and does not want to serve it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/my-literature-must-remain-that-which-it-is-especially-that-something/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/joey-it-s-high-time-dear-child-what-will-people-say-if-you-don-t-want/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/why-my-man-is-created-from-the-outside-that-is-he-is-inauthentic-in/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [You, oh mature ones, keep company solely with other mature ones, and your maturity is so mature that it can only chum up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/you-oh-mature-ones-keep-company-solely-with-other-mature-ones-and/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“Average intelligence loves blinders, which facilitate an even trot; but a brisker and livelier intelligence desires uncertainty, risk, a play of more deceptive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/average-intelligence-loves-blinders-which-facilitate-an-even-trot-but/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/the-difference-between-western-and-eastern-intellectuals-is-that-the/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“Many a beauty in her own room behaves repulsively till one splits one's sides.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/many-a-beauty-in-her-own-room-behaves-repulsively-till-one-splits-one/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/wherever-i-see-some-mystique-be-it-virtue-or-family-faith-or/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“Cóż wy wiecie o triumfie, który pozwala rozkoszować się własną niedojrzałością i jest jednocześnie jej wyswobodzeniem i przezwyciężeniem?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/c-wy-wiecie-o-triumfie-kt-ry-pozwala-rozkoszowa-si-w-asn-niedojrza-o/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“(…) jest naiwnością mniemanie, jakoby zachwyt nasz wobec dzieła sztuki z nas samych pochodził: że zachwyt ten w sporej mierze nie rodzi się z…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/jest-naiwno-ci-mniemanie-jakoby-zachwyt-nasz-wobec-dzie-a-sztuki-z/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“Wielka Poezja będąc wielką i będąc poezją nie może nie zachwycać nas, a więc zachwyca!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/wielka-poezja-b-d-c-wielk-i-b-d-c-poezj-nie-mo-e-nie-zachwyca-nas-a/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [Don't be fooled by your own wisdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/don-t-be-fooled-by-your-own-wisdom/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/i-am-reading-sienkiewicz-what-tormenting-reading-what-a-powerful/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) > [“Wednesday Wind and spindles of clouds crowding the peaks from the south. A lone chicken pecks away on the lawn… To be a concrete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/wednesday-wind-and-spindles-of-clouds-crowding-the-peaks-from-the/) [Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-individual/witold-gombrowicz/#itemlist", "name": "1 Man Individual Quotes By Witold Gombrowicz", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Wednesday Wind and spindles of clouds crowding the peaks from the south. A lone chicken pecks away on the lawn… To be a concrete man. To be an individual. Not to strive to transform the whole world. To live in the world, changing it only as much as possible from within the reach of my nature. To become real in harmony with my needs, my individual needs. 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