He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. — Walter Benjamin
Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. — Walter Benjamin
The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses. — Walter Benjamin
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. — Walter Benjamin
The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. — Walter Benjamin
The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. — Walter Benjamin
Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic — Walter Benjamin