Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus
Karl Krauswas an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. The Austrian author Stefan Zweig once called Kraus "the master of venomous ridicule"...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 April 1874
CountryAustria
memories objectivity should-have
A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.
running years cleaning
In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.
newspapers fortune metaphysics
Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics.
plagiarism should hundred
A plagiarist should be made to copy the author a hundred times.
immortality tolerate
Immortality is the only thing which doesn't tolerate being postponed.
jealousy sex men
A man's jealousy is a social institution; a woman's prostitution is an instinct.
lust normal destruction
It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular.
fate remember pens
When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
feelings religion patriotism
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
fear children father
Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.
dream sleep men
Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible.
reading writing acting
When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.
fleeing satire arise
Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it.
men men-and-women
I am not for women but against men.