--- title: "Best George Steiner Sayings" description: "Francis George Steiner, FBA was a French and American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. Browse 104 George Steiner quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b084/author-george-steiner-4683.jpg" --- ![Portrait of George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b084/author-george-steiner-4683.jpg) # George Steiner (1929–2020) Philosopher France **104** quotes in **706** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet George Steiner was a philosopher from France, best known for *Martin Heidegger*. ## Quick Facts About George Steiner Born April 23, 1929 Died February 3, 2020 Nationality France Profession Philosopher Notable works Martin Heidegger Known for After Babel Spouse Zara Steiner ## About George Steiner Francis George Steiner, FBA was a French and American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, as well as the impact of the Holocaust. A 2001 article in The Guardian described Steiner as a "polyglot and polymath". ## Awards & Honors Ludwig-Börne-Preis Rhodes Scholarship Guggenheim Fellowship Knight of the Legion of Honour Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain Honorary doctor of the University of Liège Fellow of the British Academy “Today” Prize Show 12 more awards Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities Alfonso Reyes International Prize Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna honorary doctor of Durham University honorary doctor of the University of Girona honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow honorary doctor of the University of Bristol honorary doctor of the University of Lisbon honorary doctorate from ENS honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University ## Quotes by George Steiner · Page 3 > [To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/to-shoot-a-man-because-one-disagrees-with-his-interpretation-of/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Affair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/george-steiner-4683_affair_to-shoot-a-man-because-one-disagrees-wit_2955114.png) > [“A perceptive French critic has argued that in an age of deepening illiteracy, when even the educated have only a smattering of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/a-perceptive-french-critic-has-argued-that-in-an-age-of-deepening/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Surrealistic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrealistic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/george-steiner-4683_surrealistic_a-perceptive-french-critic-has-argued-th_2896722.png) > [More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/more-and-more-lower-middle-income-families-either-live-their-lives-in/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/george-steiner-4683_cities_more-and-more-lower-middle-income-famili_2804404.png) > [Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/every-one-of-my-opponents-every-one-of-my-critics-will-tell-you-that/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/george-steiner-4683_age_every-one-of-my-opponents-every-one-of-m_51867.png) > [The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-most-important-tribute-any-human-being-can-pay-to-a-poem-or-a/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/george-steiner-4683_brain_the-most-important-tribute-any-human-bei_2820728.jpg) > [Bookishness, highest literacy, every technique of cultural propaganda and training not only can accompany bestiality and oppression and despotism but at certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/bookishness-highest-literacy-every-technique-of-cultural-propaganda/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Accompany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accompany/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/george-steiner-4683_accompany_bookishness-highest-literacy-every-techn_1991243.png) > [The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-journalistic-vision-sharpens-to-the-point-of-maximum-impact-every/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/george-steiner-4683_dreams_the-journalistic-vision-sharpens-to-the_2587007.png) > [Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/given-my-age-i-am-pretty-near-the-end-probably-of-my-career-as-a/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/george-steiner-4683_able_given-my-age-i-am-pretty-near-the-end-pr_713787.png) > [It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past… Each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/it-is-not-the-literal-past-that-rules-us-save-possibly-in-a/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/george-steiner-4683_achievement_it-is-not-the-literal-past-that-rules-us_772345.png) > [Nothing is more symptomatic of the enervation, of the decompression of the Western imagination, than our incapacity to respond to the landings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/nothing-is-more-symptomatic-of-the-enervation-of-the-decompression-of/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Apollo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/george-steiner-4683_apollo_nothing-is-more-symptomatic-of-the-enerv_2474687.png) > [The capacity for imaginative reflex, for moral risk in any human being is not limitless; on the contrary, it can be rapidly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-capacity-for-imaginative-reflex-for-moral-risk-in-any-human-being/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Aesthetic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/george-steiner-4683_aesthetic_the-capacity-for-imaginative-reflex-for_1102510.png) > [I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/i-believe-that-a-work-of-art-like-metaphors-in-language-can-ask-the/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/george-steiner-4683_argument_i-believe-that-a-work-of-art-like-metaph_322517.png) > [We are still waging Peloponnesian wars. Our control of the material world and our positive science have grown fantastically. But our very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/we-are-still-waging-peloponnesian-wars-our-control-of-the-material/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/george-steiner-4683_achievement_we-are-still-waging-peloponnesian-wars-o_1213251.png) > [For it is a plain fact that, most certainly in the West, the writings, works of art, musical compositions which are of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/for-it-is-a-plain-fact-that-most-certainly-in-the-west-the-writings/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/george-steiner-4683_art_for-it-is-a-plain-fact-that-most-certain_2008275.png) > [Tragedy speaks not of secular dilemmas which may be resolved by rational innovation, but of the unalterable bias toward inhumanity and destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/tragedy-speaks-not-of-secular-dilemmas-which-may-be-resolved-by/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Bias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/george-steiner-4683_bias_tragedy-speaks-not-of-secular-dilemmas-w_967580.png) > [I find so much writing colourless, small in its means, unwilling to take stylistic risks. Often it goes wrong; I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/i-find-so-much-writing-colourless-small-in-its-means-unwilling-to/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/george-steiner-4683_find_i-find-so-much-writing-colourless-small_1366807.png) > [The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-letter-kills-the-spirit-the-written-text-is-mute-in-the-face-of/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/george-steiner-4683_challenges_the-letter-kills-the-spirit-the-written_3003693.png) > [There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/there-are-three-intellectual-pursuits-and-so-far-as-i-am-aware-only/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/george-steiner-4683_age_there-are-three-intellectual-pursuits-an_1304482.png) > [The critic lives at second hand. He writes about. The poem, the novel, or the play must be given to him; criticism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-critic-lives-at-second-hand-he-writes-about-the-poem-the-novel-or/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/george-steiner-4683_books_the-critic-lives-at-second-hand-he-write_704804.png) > [Functions of technical information, historic record, analytic argument, which are integral and obvious to Dante's use of verse are now almost completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/functions-of-technical-information-historic-record-analytic-argument/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Analytics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analytics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/george-steiner-4683_analytics_functions-of-technical-information-histo_2981769.png) > [“The dramatic arises out of the margin of opaqueness between a writer and his personages, out of the potential for the unexpected.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-dramatic-arises-out-of-the-margin-of-opaqueness-between-a-writer/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Dramatic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dramatic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/george-steiner-4683_dramatic_the-dramatic-arises-out-of-the-margin-of_2044231.png) > [“Men and women sleep not with each other but with the memories, the regrets, the hopes of unions yet to come. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/men-and-women-sleep-not-with-each-other-but-with-the-memories-the/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Adultery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adultery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/george-steiner-4683_adultery_men-and-women-sleep-not-with-each-other_1615943.png) > [“We speak in (rich) monotones. Our poetry is haunted by the music it has left behind. Orpheus shrinks to a poet when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/we-speak-in-rich-monotones-our-poetry-is-haunted-by-the-music-it-has/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/george-steiner-4683_death_we-speak-in-rich-monotones-our-poetry-is_2891358.jpg) > [To be a European is to try to negotiate morally, intellectually and existentially the opposing statements and praxis of the city of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/to-be-a-european-is-to-try-to-negotiate-morally-intellectually-and/) [George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/) [Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/george-steiner-4683_cities_to-be-a-european-is-to-try-to-negotiate_2992022.png) ## George Steiner by topic [Books (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/george-steiner/) [Language (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/george-steiner/) [Men (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/george-steiner/) [Writing (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/george-steiner/) [Poetry (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/george-steiner/) [Music (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/george-steiner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/#itemlist", "name": "George Steiner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs -- but a tribute nevertheless.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Steiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/to-shoot-a-man-because-one-disagrees-with-his-interpretation-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/george-steiner-4683_affair_to-shoot-a-man-because-one-disagrees-wit_2955114.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/george-steiner-4683_affair_to-shoot-a-man-because-one-disagrees-wit_2955114.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/george-steiner-4683_affair_to-shoot-a-man-because-one-disagrees-wit_2955114.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the…” — George Steiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A perceptive French critic has argued that in an age of deepening illiteracy, when even the educated have only a smattering of classical or theological knowledge, erudition is of itself a kind of fantasy, a surrealistic construct.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Steiner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/a-perceptive-french-critic-has-argued-that-in-an-age-of-deepening/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/george-steiner-4683_surrealistic_a-perceptive-french-critic-has-argued-th_2896722.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/george-steiner-4683_surrealistic_a-perceptive-french-critic-has-argued-th_2896722.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/george-steiner-4683_surrealistic_a-perceptive-french-critic-has-argued-th_2896722.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A perceptive French critic has argued that in an age of deepening illiteracy, when even the educated have…” — George Steiner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. 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