1,075 Quotes by Milan Kundera

She came from a land where revolutionary illusion had long since faded but where the thing he admired most in revolution remained: life on a large scale; a life of risk, daring, and the danger of death. Sabina had renewed his faith in the grandeur of human endeavour. Superimposing the painful drama of her country on her person, he found her even more beautiful.

In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. It follows, then, that the true opponent of totalitarian kitsch is the person who asks questions. A question is like a knife that slices through the stage backdrop and gives us a look at what lies hidden behind it.

Kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence.

No, it was not superstition, it was a sense of beauty that cured her of her depression and imbued her with a new will to live.

Yes, it’s crazy. Love is either crazy or it’s nothing at all.

Men grow old, the end draws near, each moment becomes more and more valuable, and there is no time to waste over recollections.

Franz could not accept that the fact that the glory of the Grand March was equal to the comic vanity of its marchers.

Love is by definition an unmerited gift; being loved without meriting it is the very proof of real love.

To be absolutely modern is to be the ally of one’s grave diggers.