Deutsch Quote by Lion Feuchtwanger

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

— Lion Feuchtwanger

An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

— Lion Feuchtwanger

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

“In itself it is nothing. Nothing but a book: parchment, colouring, ink. Yet the most perishable material is at the same time the most…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

— Lion Feuchtwanger

“I have sincerely tried not to deride the action of men, not to lament nor to abhor them. I have done all in my…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past…

— Lion Feuchtwanger

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio…

— Lion Feuchtwanger