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Quote by Gunter Grass

“Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand.”

Quote by Gunter Grass

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German novelist, poet, playwright, and painter. Known for his unique literary style and profound reflections on German history. His works include 'The Tin Drum' and 'Cat and Mouse', among others. more

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“I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music.”

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“It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.”

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“Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper.”

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“It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning.”

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“How easily the routine of sin establishes itself.”

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“Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings. It's not God in his heaven who sees everything. A kitchen chair, a clothes hanger, a half-filled ashtray, or the wooden replica of a woman named Niobe can serve perfectly well as an unforgetting witness to our every deed.”

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“Art is uncompromising, and life is full of compromises.”

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