Henry Miller citáty
Henry Miller
Datum narození: 26. prosinec 1891
Datum úmrtí: 7. červen 1980
Další jména: Henry Valentine Miller
Henry Valentine Miller byl americký spisovatel, je považován za představitele surrealismu.
Citáty Henry Miller
„Jsem si jist, že ho později ještě potkám, za nějakých deset miliónů let, a nevím kde, neboť takové síly zůstávájí stále aktivní.“
o Picassovi
Zdroj: [Pijoan, José, Dějiny umění 10, Knižní klub, 2000, 80-242-0218-2, 62, česky]
„Everywhere I go people are making a mess of their lives. Everyone has his private tragedy. It's in the blood now - misfortune, ennui, grief, suicide. The atmosphere is saturated with disaster, frustration, futility. Scratch and scratch, until there's no skin left. However, the effect upon me is exhilarating. Instead of being discouraged or depressed, I enjoy it. I am crying for more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, grander failures. I want the whole world to be out of whack, I want every one to scratch himself to death.“
— Henry Miller, kniha Tropic of Cancer
Zdroj: Tropic of Cancer (1934), Chapter One
Kontext: Well, I'll take these pages and move on. Things are happening elsewhere. Things are always happening. It seems wherever I go there is drama. People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused. Everywhere I go people are making a mess of their lives. Everyone has his private tragedy. It's in the blood now - misfortune, ennui, grief, suicide. The atmosphere is saturated with disaster, frustration, futility. Scratch and scratch, until there's no skin left. However, the effect upon me is exhilarating. Instead of being discouraged or depressed, I enjoy it. I am crying for more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, grander failures. I want the whole world to be out of whack, I want every one to scratch himself to death.
„One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.“
— Henry Miller, kniha Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Often misquoted as "One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things".
Zdroj: Miller, H. (1957). Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
