"The study of sickness is the most poetic…" — Thomas Bernhard

"The study of sickness is the most poetic of the sciences."

— Thomas Bernhard

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35 Quotes by Thomas Bernhard

Thomas Bernhard has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The art we need is the art of bearing the unbearable.
In theory we understand people, but in practice we can't put up with them, I thought, deal with them for…
Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it's original…
I would be the unhappiest person imaginable, confronted daily with disastrous works crying out with errors, imprecision, carelessness, amateurishness. I…
Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write…
Everyone is a virtuoso on his own instrument, but together they add up to an intolerable cacophony.
We Can Only Exist By Taking Our Minds Off The Fact That We Exist
Only when I am by seawater can I truly breathe, to say nothing of my ability to think.
The anger and the brutality against everything can readily from one hour to the next be transformed into its opposite.
Toda idea, al fin y al cabo, es una idea demencial.
Everyone, he went on, speaks a language he does not understand, but which now and then is understood by others.…
Lawyers make nothing but confusion...A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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