Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. >>

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying >>

The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monot >>

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having >>

Labor is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art. >>

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.

Benjamin, Walter