Home / Authors / Peter Weiss

Peter Weiss Quotes

Writer

Peter Weiss was a German-born writer known for his profound literary works and his focus on social issues. His works spanned various forms including drama, novels, and poetry, many of which were characterized by their critical and philosophical nature.

Filter quotes by topic

All Men Ideas Ifs Knows Revolution Want War Way World Army Art Christ Country Eye Generations Hair He Man Hero Important Important Things

Famous Peter Weiss Quotes

“I could buy myself paper, a pen, a pencil and a brush and could create pictures whenever and wherever I wanted. ... That evening, in the spring of 1947, on the embankment of the Seine in Paris, at the age of thirty, I saw that it was possible to live and work in the world, and that I could participate in the exchange of ideas that was taking place all around, bound to no country.”

World Ideas Country Age Wanted Saws Paper Spring Bounds Evening Paris Thirty Pens Brushes Pencils

Book:Leavetaking: And , Vanishing Point

Source: Leavetaking: And , Vanishing Point

“The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh eyes.”

World Important Whole Eye Turns Hair Important Things Whole World

Book:Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman

Source: Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman

“Against Nature's silence I use action In the vast indifference I invent a meaning I don't watch unmoved I intervene and say that this and this are wrong and I work to alter them and improve them The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh eyes”

World Important Whole Use Eye Action Turns Silence Watches Hair Important Things Whole World Indifference

Book:Peter Weiss' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [a Play]

Source: Peter Weiss' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [a Play]