Walter Benjamin Quotes

Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin
German Critic
Born: Jul 15, 1892
Died: Sep 26, 1940
Art His Life Only Which Work
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope. Walter Benjamin
Love Hope Way Only Knowing Without Person To Love Them
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. Walter Benjamin
Work Conviction Wayside Out Relieve Armed Like Leap His Quotations Who
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. Walter Benjamin
Art Fashion Criticism Nutshell Critic Slogans Betraying Ideas Without Inadequate Coin
Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred. Walter Benjamin
Memory Experience Theatre Lie Past Medium Cities Dead Instrument Which Exploring Ground
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. Walter Benjamin
Experience Bird Dream Boredom Drives Him Leaves Egg Away
Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. Walter Benjamin
Life Wisdom Real Life Fabric Woven Counsel Real
All disgust is originally disgust at touching. Walter Benjamin
Touching Disgust Originally
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. Walter Benjamin
Wisdom Truth Art Side Out Reaching Because End Dying Storytelling Epic
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
Art Criticism Distinction Significance Criticized Between New Sharper Greater Truly Art Form Conventional Form Public Social Decrease Aversion Enjoyed Enjoyment
Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. Walter Benjamin
Gifts Must Point Affect Shock Receiver
Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. Walter Benjamin
Book Spices Baby Approach Genuine Cannibal Lovingly
Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. Walter Benjamin
Books Quarrels Public
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. Walter Benjamin
Matter Only Judgments Opinions Private Interest Public

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