Quotes by Canetti, Elias

A modern man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has n >>

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, >>

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him >>

Quotations about Language

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in >>

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has cr >>

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the tro >>

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Canetti, Elias