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Nathalie Sarraute Quotes

Nathalie Sarraute quotes

Russian Lawyer July 18, 1900 – October 19, 1999

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Nathalie Sarraute quote: "The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself..."
The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time. Nathalie Sarraute
It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles. Nathalie Sarraute
The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading. Nathalie Sarraute
One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read. Nathalie Sarraute
It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute quote: "Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with..."
Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing. Nathalie Sarraute
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute quote: "One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for..."
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. Nathalie Sarraute
I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster. Nathalie Sarraute
Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds. Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute quote: "Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace..."
Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps. Nathalie Sarraute
I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well. Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute quote: "I have never sought the reason why I write."
I have never sought the reason why I write. Nathalie Sarraute
All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is. Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute quote: "Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the..."
Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry. Nathalie Sarraute

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