What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass August Strindberg More Quotes by August Strindberg More Quotes From August Strindberg A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life. August Strindberg simple character men What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them. August Strindberg skins writing men I've thought of becoming a photographer! To save my talent as a writer. August Strindberg talent becoming photographer It's risky to take anything on good faith where a woman is concerned. August Strindberg good-faith concerned Any programming language is at its best before it is implemented and used. Anything is possible, anything can happen. On a flimsy ground of reality, imagination spins marvelous patterns. August Strindberg patterns imagination reality Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him. August Strindberg too-much hate love I, too, am beginning to feel an immense need to become a savage and create a new world. August Strindberg savages world needs I do not care about my own appearance, but I would hope that people could see into my soul, and that is presented better in these photographs than in others. (On his self-portraits) August Strindberg soul self people Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view. August Strindberg views friendship men It's wonderful how, the moment you talk about God and love, your voice becomes hard, and your eyes fill with hatred. No, Margret, you certainly haven't the true faith. August Strindberg voice eye hatred Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure. August Strindberg powerful struggle people The hood-winked husband shows his anger, and the word jealous is flung in his face. Jealous husband equals betrayed husband. And there are women who look upon jealousy as synonymous with impotence, so that the betrayed husband can only shut his eyes, powerless in the face of such accusations. August Strindberg jealous husband eye In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend. August Strindberg wife august moving I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form. August Strindberg theatre form ideas It is terribly hard to be married, harder than anything. I think one has to be an angel. August Strindberg marriage angel thinking Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy. August Strindberg progress failure mean Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real horror vacuum. August Strindberg filled-up sorrow real [My characters are] conglomerations of past and present stages of civilization, bits from books and newspapers, scraps of humanity, rags and tatters of fine clothing, patched together as is the human soul August Strindberg character book past When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common! August Strindberg common people When people drink, they talk, and talk is dangerous! August Strindberg drink dangerous people
