“Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end.”
— Milan Kundera
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You can understand nothing about art, particularly
“You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.”
— Milan Kundera
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The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend
“The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.”
— Milan Kundera
Author: Milan Kundera
Category: attitude
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To sit with a dog on a
“To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace.”
— Milan Kundera
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Without realizing it, the individual composes his
“Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.”
— Milan Kundera
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The sound of laughter is like the
“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.”
— Milan Kundera
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To be a writer does not mean
“To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.”
— Milan Kundera
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Business has only two functions – marketing
“Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.”
— Milan Kundera
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The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend
“The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.”
— Milan Kundera
Author: Milan Kundera
Category: wisdom
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True human goodness, in all its purity
“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.”
— Milan Kundera
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Category: freedom
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No great movement designed to change the
“No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.”
— Milan Kundera
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Category: change
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