Quotes by Kraus, Karl

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life. >>

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden. >>

When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest. >>

Quotations about Beauty

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of >>

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer >>

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. >>

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.

Kraus, Karl