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Walter Benjamin Quotes

Walter Benjamin quotes

Deutsch Critic, Philosopher July 15, 1892 – September 27, 1940

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Walter Benjamin quote: "to great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those..."
to great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives. Walter Benjamin
A generation that had gone to school on a horse-drawn streetcar now stood under the open sky in a countryside in which nothing remained unchanged but the clouds, and beneath these clouds, in a field of force of destructive torrents and explosions, was the tiny, fragile human body. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell...."
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. Walter Benjamin
A man listening to a story is in the company of the storyteller; even a man reading one shares this companionship. The reader of a novel, however, is isolated, more so than any other reader(For even the reader of a poem is ready to utter the words, for the benet of the listener.) In this solitude of his, the reader ofa novel seizes upon his material more jealously than anyone else. He is ready to make it completely his own, to devour it, as it were. Indeed, he destroys, he swallows up the... Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "The film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how..."
The film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how matter plays tricks on man. Walter Benjamin
Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like. Walter Benjamin
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone..."
He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches..."
How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books! Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "It is only for those without hope that hope is given."
It is only for those without hope that hope is given. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is..."
It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his..."
You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "Books and harlots have their quarrels in public."
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. Walter Benjamin
It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate the language imprisoned in a work in his re-creation of that work. Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin quote: "Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out..."
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. Walter Benjamin

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