Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas.

Quote by Gunter Grass

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Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves...

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves...

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle -...

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle -...

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal...

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal...

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am...

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am...

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification....

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification....