"Serious literature does not exist to make life……" — Witold Gombrowicz
"Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it."
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Witold Gombrowicz
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25 Quotes by Witold Gombrowicz
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You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you…
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To contradict, even in little matters, is the supreme necessity of art today.
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I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find…
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A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.
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I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.
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To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just…
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There were three of us; Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, and myself--the three muskateers of the Polish avant-garde between the wars. Only…
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When one does not have what one wants, one must want what one has”: “I have had, you see, to…
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It is in the prime of youth that man sinks into empty phrases and grimaces. It's in this smithy that…
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If he [the Artist] were to take up the pen it would be...to better express his individuality and explain it…
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Don't be fooled by your own wisdom
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Any artist who respects himself ought to be, and in every sense of the term, an emigre.
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More Complicate Quotes
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If anyone tries to complicate your life, turn and walk away from them.
— Caroline Myss
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Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.
— Henry David Thoreau
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The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that…
— Carl Van Vechten
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The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.
— Max Euwe
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When we have many things within ourselves which are neither known nor accepted, then such things complicate our lives horrifyingly,…
— Samael Aun Weor
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I want fun now, life is here to enjoy, not to complicate and make difficult.
— Marc Bolan
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About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing, and we shouldn't complicate the matter.
— Joan of Arc
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And this is how it started. Just with coffee and the exchange of their long stories. Love can be incremental.…
— Tayari Jones
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When all else fails, complicate matters
— Aaron Allston
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What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of…
— Taiye Selasi
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The main goal is not to complicate the already difficult life of the consumer.
— Raymond Loewy
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Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.
— Paul Rusesabagina
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