12 Quotes by Daniil Kharms

There lived a redheaded man who had no eyes or ears. He didn’t have hair either, so he was called a redhead arbitrarily. He couldn’t talk because he had no mouth. He had no nose either. He didn’t even have arms or legs. He had no stomach, he had no back, he had no spine, and he had no innards at all. He didn’t have anything. So we don’t even know who we’re talking about. It’s better that we don’t talk about him any more.

You see,” I said, “in my opinion, there are no believers or non-believers. There are only those who want to believe and those who do not want to believe.” “So those who do not want to believe already believe in something?” said Sakerdon Mikhailovich. “And those who want to believe already believe in nothing?

I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison.

Однажды по дорожкеЯ шел к себе домой.Смотрю и вижу: кошкиСидят ко мне спиной.Я крикнул:- Эй, вы, кошки!Пойдемте-ка со мной,Пойдемте по дорожке,Пойдемте-ка домой.Скорей пойдемте, кошки,А я вам на обедИз лука и картошкиУстрою винегрет.- Ах, нет!- сказали кошки.-Останемся мы тут!Уселись на дорожкеИ дальше не идут

I am interested only in "nonsense"; only in that which makes no practical sense. I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestations.

Natasa a avut doua bomboane. Apoi a mancat o bomboana si i-a mai ramas una. Natasa a pus bomboana pe masa, in fata ei, si a inceput sa planga. Natasa plange, dar cu coada ochiului se uita sa vada daca n-a aparut si a doua bomboana. Cea de-a doua bomboana n-a aparut. Natasa s-a mirat, dar n-a spus nimic si s-a dus in camera ei sa creasca.

Полезно е човек да знае само толкова, колкото му се полага. За пример мога да дам следния случай: един човек знаеше малко повече, а друг - малко по-малко от онова, което им се полагаше да знаят. И какво? Онзи, който знаеше малко по-малко, забогатя, а другият, който знаеше малко повече, цял живот живя само заможно.

I am interested only in “nonsense”; only in that which makes no practical sense. I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestations.

One must write poetry in such as way that if one threw the poem in a window, the pane would break.