Author: Jerzy Kosinski

Quotes

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

- Jerzy Kosinski

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.

- Jerzy Kosinski

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

- Jerzy Kosinski

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

- Jerzy Kosinski

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

- Jerzy Kosinski

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

- Jerzy Kosinski

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.

- Jerzy Kosinski

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one.

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one.

- Jerzy Kosinski

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

- Jerzy Kosinski

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