Bronislaw Malinowski

[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad.

— Bronislaw Malinowski

You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

I, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.

— Bronislaw Malinowski

Both magic and religion are based strictly on mythological tradition, and they also both exist in the atmosphere of the miraculous, in…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

An order given in battle, an instruction issued by the master of a sailing ship, a cry for help, are as powerful…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

The magnificent title of the Functional School of Anthropology has been bestowed on myself, in a way on myself, and to a…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

In the field one has to face a chaos of facts, some of which are so small that they seem insignificant; others…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

For no sooner had I begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough ], than I became immersed in it…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the veranda of the missionary compound, Government station, or planter's…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

“...yesterday, returning from Wawela I had some ethnological ideas, but I can't remember what they were.”

— Bronislaw Malinowski

The final goal ... is to grasp the native's point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world.

— Bronislaw Malinowski

Coastal sailing as long as it is perfectly safe and easy commands no magic. Overseas expeditions are invariably bound up with ceremonies…

— Bronislaw Malinowski