Author: Milan Kundera

Quotes

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

- Milan Kundera

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

- Milan Kundera

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.

- Milan Kundera

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

- Milan Kundera

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

- Milan Kundera

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

- Milan Kundera

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

- Milan Kundera

Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations.

Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations.

- Milan Kundera

You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.

You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.

- Milan Kundera

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