Witold Gombrowicz

Witold Gombrowicz

Witold Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and philosopher.

Quotes

Ferdydurke (1937)

  • It's over and bomb, and whoever read it is a trumpet!
  • What's worse, the forest was green.
  • Without students, there would be no school, and without school, there would be no teachers.

Diary (1969)

  • I demand death homes where everyone would have modern means of easy death at their disposal. Where you could die smoothly, not by throwing yourself in front of a train or hanging yourself on a doorknob. Where a tired, worn-out, finished man could surrender himself to the friendly arms of a specialist so that he could be assured of a death without torture and disgrace. Why not, I ask, why not? Who stops you from civilizing death?
  • I have never needed God in my life - from my earliest childhood, not even for five minutes - I have always been self-sufficient.
  • Monday - me, Tuesday - me, Wednesday - me, Thursday - me.
  • You don't necessarily have to be a god to have followers.