Quotes by Canetti, Elias

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becom >>

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 Modern and Modernism

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in >>

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of lif >>

I don't think we can ignore the Modern Movement. But I wouldn't have m >>

A modern man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

Canetti, Elias