Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a s >>

Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function canno >>

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a ba >>

Quotations about Destructiveness

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demoli >>

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is wor >>

The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. >>

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.

Benjamin, Walter