Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
Friedrich Durrenmatt quotes about
reality paradoxical
He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.
men reality imperfect
Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.
reality moments left-behind
There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.
art work reality
Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.
strong reality research
Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.
possible swiss-author taken worst
A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.
dear human swiss-author
Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.
humanity victim stills
Do we still have the right to be more than victims?
prayer united-states praying
Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.
easy victim
It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim
people patriotism flags
Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
criminal-mind murder sincere
It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere.
heaven redemption world
What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth.
our-world tolerance hell
Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.