Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera
Milan Kunderais a Czech-born writer who went into exile in France in 1975, and became a naturalised French citizen in 1981. He "sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores"...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1929
sweet loneliness being-alone
Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.
years important three
The important thing is to abide by the rule of threes. Either you see a woman three times in quick succession and then never again, or you maintain relations over the years but make sure that the rendezvous are at least three weeks apart.
new-york independent design
The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.
noise advantage
Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words.
music two piano
No one can get really drunk on a novel or a painting, but who can help getting drunk on Reethoven's Ninth, Rartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, or the Reatles' White Album?
relationship love-is violence
Physical love is unthinkable without violence.
looks young plunge
Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.
talent disgusting oneself
Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent,
women pride rebel
To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.
self long hatred
Bacon's portraits are an interrogation on the limits of the self. Up to what degree of distortion does an individual still remain himself? To what degree of distortion does a beloved person still remain a beloved person? For how long does a cherished face growing remote through illness, through madness, through hatred, through death still remain recognizable? Where is the border beyond which a self ceases to be a self?
girl men way
The young man called the waiter and paid. Then he got up and said to the girl: 'We're going.' Where to?' The girl feigned surprise. Don't ask, just come on,' said the young man. Is that any way to talk to me?' It's the way I talk to whores.
games lovers rules-of-the-game
All lovers unconsciously establish their own rules of the game, which from the outset admit of no transgression.
character meditation existence
The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.
years knowing decision
Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder to change.