Author: Jose Bergamin

Quotes

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

- Jose Bergamin

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

- Jose Bergamin

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

- Jose Bergamin

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

- Jose Bergamin

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

- Jose Bergamin

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

- Jose Bergamin

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

- Jose Bergamin

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

- Jose Bergamin

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

- Jose Bergamin

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