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Gunter Grass Quotes: "It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn."

It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped."

Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped.




Gunter Grass Quotes: "We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place."

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Art is uncompromising, and life is full of compromises."

Art is uncompromising, and life is full of compromises.




Gunter Grass Quotes: "And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice."

And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "How easily the routine of sin establishes itself."

How easily the routine of sin establishes itself.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings."

An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings.




Gunter Grass Quotes: "Who can deny that the environment has been destroyed?"

Who can deny that the environment has been destroyed?



Gunter Grass Quotes: "On sorrow floats laughter."

On sorrow floats laughter.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things."

As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning."

It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense."

I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.




Gunter Grass Quotes: "What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them?"

What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them?



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours."

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin."

Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early."

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in."

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists."

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Whenever there has been talk of exterminating rats, others, who were not rats, have been exterminated."

Whenever there has been talk of exterminating rats, others, who were not rats, have been exterminated.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand."

Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters"

...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters



Gunter Grass Quotes: "In statistics, what disappears behind rows of numbers is death."

In statistics, what disappears behind rows of numbers is death.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Art is hard for a puritan to understand."

Art is hard for a puritan to understand.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid."

One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper."

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Can it be that action is active resignation? Something is trying to develop; it moves ever so slightly, and there comes your man of action and bashes in the hothouse windows."

Can it be that action is active resignation? Something is trying to develop; it moves ever so slightly, and there comes your man of action and bashes in the hothouse windows.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I am not faithful but I am attached."

I am not faithful but I am attached.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray."

I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit."

I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?"

When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Everything bigger than life attracts a crowd."

Everything bigger than life attracts a crowd.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "If I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us."

If I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "[To be an artist,] this desire to conquer all with images."

[To be an artist,] this desire to conquer all with images.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives."

Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "[America is] the land where people find whatever they have lost."

[America is] the land where people find whatever they have lost.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age."

Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them."

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "When the young woman leans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits open until her milk runs."

When the young woman leans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits open until her milk runs.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross."

If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere."

Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings."

Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work."

Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper."

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains."

I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.



Gunter Grass Quotes: "I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn."

I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.