“There is no one who has no leisure time at all. The office is not a permanent sanctuary, and Sundays are an institution. Thus, in principle, during those beautiful hours of free time everyone would have the opportunity to rouse himself into real boredom. But although one wants to do nothing, things are done to one: the world makes sure that one does not find oneself. And even if one perhaps isn't interested in it, the world itself is much too interested for one to find the peace and quiet necessary to be as thoroughly bored with the world as it ultimately deserves.”
Quote by Siegfried Kracauer
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Siegfried Kracauer
German writer, sociologist, and film theorist. Born on February 8, 1889, and died on November 26, 1966. Kracauer is known for his profound insights into film and urban culture. more