The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus It is not true that one cannot live without a woman. It is simply that one cannot have lived without one. Karl Kraus women When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe what a racket they make in my room. Karl Kraus insomniasleepbelieve There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman. Karl Kraus settlingshoessun I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear. Karl Kraus doewantloss My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious. Karl Kraus psychologistconsciousnessliterature Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws. Karl Kraus pimpleslawsex Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis. Karl Kraus lightscienceart My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin. Karl Kraus turnslanguagecommon A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards. Karl Kraus historianbackwardshistory I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round. Karl Kraus butterflyreadingbook Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden Karl Kraus forbiddensatirecensorship Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools. Karl Kraus nutsfeetmean The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature. Karl Kraus technologydevelopmentnature If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. Karl Kraus journalismimaginationlying Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former. Karl Kraus lawwishdesire Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable. Karl Kraus better-yourselfneighboradvice Cosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos. Karl Kraus cosmeticscosmoswomen One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked. Karl Kraus wellskindreading A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. Karl Kraus writingbeautifullife A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency. Karl Kraus truthwhitelying
