"To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully……" — Witold Gombrowicz
"To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one to feel it through the ineptitude of the interpretation. I prefer the Chopin that reaches me in the street from an open window to the Chopin served in great style from the concert stage."
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Witold Gombrowicz
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25 Quotes by Witold Gombrowicz
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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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Any artist who respects himself ought to be, and in every sense of the term, an emigre.
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