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Knut Hamsun Quotes

Knut Hamsun quotes

Norwegian Author August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952

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There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don't do it with an eye to their own advantage, they do it on the quiet; they detest doing it openly because that would take away some of the satisfaction. They do it in secret, with quick trembling hands, their breasts rocked by a spiritual well being which they do not themselves understand. Knut Hamsun
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. Knut Hamsun
I lie and repeat these words over to myself, and find that they are capital. Little by little others come and fit themselves to the preceding ones. I grow keenly wakeful. I get up and snatch paper and pencil from the table behind my bed. It was as if a vein had burst in me ; one word follows another, and they fit themselves together harmoniously with telling effect. Scenes piles on scene, actions and speeches bubble up in my brain, and a wonderful sense of pleasure empowers me. I write as one... Knut Hamsun
You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that only makes me ill. Here am I in the forest, quite content. Knut Hamsun
The intelligent poor individual was a much finer observer than the intelligent rich one. The poor individual looks around him at every step, listens suspiciously to every word he hears from the people he meets; thus, every step he takes presents a problem, a task, for his thoughts and feelings. He is alert and sensitive, he is experienced, his soul has been burned... Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun quote: "When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate."
When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate. Knut Hamsun
Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything I own in the world. Knut Hamsun
And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the air, the distant, toneless humming which is never silent. Knut Hamsun
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work. Knut Hamsun
Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44) Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun quote: "I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more..."
I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. Knut Hamsun
The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too. Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun quote: "But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes..."
But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways. Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun quote: "For I mean to roam and think and make great irons red-hot."
For I mean to roam and think and make great irons red-hot. Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun quote: "But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith..."
But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believ? Knut Hamsun

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