Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
possible swiss-author taken worst
A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.
concern
What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone.
change world reason
A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason.
technology people earth
The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology's potential is only in part realized, and most people are starving.
hate thinking racism
In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.
power world want
The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
people patriotism flags
Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
men white-man years
As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.
betrayal rome violence
Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.
reality moments left-behind
There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.
photography art men
To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography.
behavior civilized ifs
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.