--- title: "4 Dag Solstad Quotes - Famous Novelist" description: "Norwegian writer (1941–2025)... | Dag Solstad was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer and dramatist whose work has been translated into 20 languages." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/dag-solstad-63461_art_he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewar_99470.jpg" --- # Dag Solstad (1941–2025) Novelist **4** quotes in **12** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dag Solstad was a novelist. ## Quick Facts About Dag Solstad Born July 16, 1941 Died March 14, 2025 Profession Novelist ## About Dag Solstad Norwegian writer (1941–2025)... \| Dag Solstad was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer and dramatist whose work has been translated into 20 languages. ## Quotes by Dag Solstad > [“He couldn't imagine using the word 'rewarding' about a work of art - for instance that such and such a book has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-solstad/he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewarding-about-a-work-of-art-for/) [Dag Solstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-solstad/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/dag-solstad-63461_art_he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewar_99470.jpg) > [“And so, when the chips are down, I must say, though not without a sense of repugnance, that if you wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-solstad/and-so-when-the-chips-are-down-i-must-say-though-not-without-a-sense/) [Dag Solstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-solstad/) [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/dag-solstad-63461_culture_and-so-when-the-chips-are-down-i-must-sa_853811.jpg) > [“Dette er livet, og du kan ikke gi slipp på det, du klynger deg til et håp om at et mirakel skal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-solstad/dette-er-livet-og-du-kan-ikke-gi-slipp-p-det-du-klynger-deg-til-et-h/) [Dag Solstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-solstad/) [Gang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/dag-solstad-63461_livet_dette-er-livet-og-du-kan-ikke-gi-slipp-p_1278757.jpg) > [“Our relationship to the past is marked by deep indifference, even if we do say something to the contrary, even if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-solstad/our-relationship-to-the-past-is-marked-by-deep-indifference-even-if/) [Dag Solstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-solstad/) [Deep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/dag-solstad-63461_deep_our-relationship-to-the-past-is-marked-b_2535275.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-solstad/#itemlist", "name": "Dag Solstad Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He couldn't imagine using the word 'rewarding' about a work of art - for instance that such and such a book has given me so much, taught me so much, etc etc. - but thought solely that it enlightened him, made him see, cynically and withough false expectations, so that he felt he was alive.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dag Solstad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-solstad/he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewarding-about-a-work-of-art-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/dag-solstad-63461_art_he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewar_99470.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/dag-solstad-63461_art_he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewar_99470.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/dag-solstad-63461_art_he-couldn-t-imagine-using-the-word-rewar_99470.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He couldn't imagine using the word 'rewarding' about a work of art - for instance that such and such a book…” — Dag Solstad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And so, when the chips are down, I must say, though not without a sense of repugnance, that if you wish to show your belief in democracy, you also have to do so when you are in the minority, convinced both intellectually and, not least, in your innermost self, that the majority, in the name of democracy, is crushing everything you stand for and that means something to you, indeed, all that gives you the strength to endure, well, that gives a kind of meaning to your life, something that transcends your own fortuitous lot, one might say. 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