Ferdydurke Quote by Witold Gombrowicz

“If you were to stare at this box of matches, you could extract entire worlds out of it. If you search for tastes in…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“My literature must remain that which it is. Especially that something which does not fit into politics and does not want to serve it.…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“Joey, it's high time, dear child. What will people say? If you don't want to be a doctor, at least be a womanizer, or…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“Why, my man is created from the outside, that is, he is inauthentic in essence- he is always not-himself, because he is determined by…

— Witold Gombrowicz

You, oh mature ones, keep company solely with other mature ones, and your maturity is so mature that it can only chum up with…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“Average intelligence loves blinders, which facilitate an even trot; but a brisker and livelier intelligence desires uncertainty, risk, a play of more deceptive and…

— Witold Gombrowicz

The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough.

— Witold Gombrowicz

“Many a beauty in her own room behaves repulsively till one splits one's sides.”

— Witold Gombrowicz

Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act.

— Witold Gombrowicz

“Cóż wy wiecie o triumfie, który pozwala rozkoszować się własną niedojrzałością i jest jednocześnie jej wyswobodzeniem i przezwyciężeniem?”

— Witold Gombrowicz

“(…) jest naiwnością mniemanie, jakoby zachwyt nasz wobec dzieła sztuki z nas samych pochodził: że zachwyt ten w sporej mierze nie rodzi się z…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“Wielka Poezja będąc wielką i będąc poezją nie może nie zachwycać nas, a więc zachwyca!”

— Witold Gombrowicz