Milan Kundera on Family
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Milan Kundera, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Milan Kundera, entry #38356: "The eye... the point where a person's identity is concentrated."
Attributed to Milan Kundera, entry #92987: "Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with …"
3 Quotes by Milan Kundera on Family
"The eye... the point where a person's identity is concentrated."
"Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass! It is the second tear that makes kitsch kitsch."
"Whenever a single political movement corners power, we find ourselves in the realm of totalitarian kitsch. When I say “totalitarian,” what I mean is that everything that infringes on kitsch must be banished for life: every display of individualism ; every doubt ; all irony ; and the mother who abandons her family or the man who prefers men to women, thereby calling into question the holy decree “Be fruitful and multiply."