Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus
Karl Krauswas an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. The Austrian author Stefan Zweig once called Kraus "the master of venomous ridicule"...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 April 1874
CountryAustria
personality acting actors
On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.
art fire acting
The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.
sick people proud
Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.
education teacher pupils
What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.
education potassium cyanide
A comprehensive education is a well-stocked pharmacy: but we have no assurance that potassium cyanide will not be administered fora head cold.
education reading pride
I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.
hate humanity tears
Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?
mean political prostitution
Parliamentarianism means putting political prostitution in barracks.
might praise be-good
A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good.
hands mouths second-hand
Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth.
pimp morality organs
The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.
judging morality judged
They judge lest they be judged.
lying tools merit
Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.
journalism missions intellect
It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.