Elfriede Jelinek Quotes

A sensitive person gets burned, like a delicate moth.

often these women marry or they are ruined some other way.

The rules of art do not exist, because what makes art art is the fact that it obeys no rules at all.

In the old days people had no time to harm the environment because they were busy doing harm to themselves, in the War, for instance.

Sometimes, of course, art creates the suffering in the first place.

Just keep following my tears, and the brook will take you in.

There are photographs under the pistol, showing his mother genitals. These genitals make no perceptible impression on him, though it was through them that he first entered the world.

Death the Laveller annihilates all distinctions.

One suffers work, even if one enjoys doing it.

In this new era, what sets you free is knowledge, not work.

The criteria of art are the imponderable, the immeasurable.

Money is unimportant, but it is reassuring to have it.

First the masters died, now their music is dying, because people only want to listen to pop, rock, and punk.

Happiness happens by chance, and is not a law or the logical consequences of actions.

There are no holidays for art; and that’s just fine with the artist.