W. G. Sebald Quotes

There is a beauty in nature and culture that we no longer have access to. Those things you can't forget, you embroider... The further you tell, the further you travel from truth, which means, of course, that literature is a lie.

W. G. Sebald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 18, 1944 - December 14, 2001

Topics

NatureBeautyTruthCultureTravel

I become involved with things that speak to me and move me and make me laugh and frighten me.

Joe Mantello

MeSpeakLaughBecomeMake Me Laugh

In every age in which books have been produced, the governing class, the respectable, have been opposed to the works of real genius.

Robert Green Ingersoll

AgeGeniusClassRealBeenBooks

I think I went to 67 'Grateful Dead' shows. I'm the only 'Deadhead' who doesn't know the precise number, and it's totally humiliating.

Ann Coulter

GratefulThinkKnowDeadOnlyWho

I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.

Steve Lacy

GoodMusicSpoiledMonkComplete

I think Paul Ryan would make a great speaker. And people like him are the kinds of people that we need.

Trent Franks

GreatPeopleThinkNeedHimKinds

I was trained to serve the writer and director as an actor before I serve myself. Not to say that's gotten in my way, but that's a different way of working than most American actors work.

Robert Englund

WorkMyselfAmericanSayActorWay

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a year.

Robertson Davies

SickDieYearLuckyBeenRubbish

Would we even recognize an Oliver Stone production if it didn't kick up the usual fuss?

Michelle Dean

StoneUpProductionKickWouldEven

Learn to invest in the best quality you can afford and wear pieces in different ways.

Michael Kors

BestQualityLearnYouPiecesWear

After I built up a following on Instagram, I realized it's a good way to talk to your fans. I always try to keep the conversation going - they're really happy when that happens.

Lucky Blue Smith

GoodHappyConversationWayTalkUp

Google indexes the world's information.

Jason Calacanis

WorldInformationGoogle

If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.

Dree Hemingway

MeBookArtistDreamToo MuchKnow

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