Milan Kundera on Knowledge
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Milan Kundera, catalogued under knowledge, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Milan Kundera, entry #91237: "A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality."
Attributed to Milan Kundera, entry #21438: "Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing w…"
4 Quotes by Milan Kundera on Knowledge
"A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality."
"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace."
"The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us."
"Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting themselves be carried away by his unequaled imagination, they look for allegories — and come up with nothing but clichés: life is absurd , God is beyond reach , etc. You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself."