Quotes by : Thomas Bernhard

everything is ridiculous if one thinks of death

When we imagine ourselves to be in a state of mind, no matter what, we are in that state of mind, and....

The facts are always frightening, and in all of us fear of the facts is constantly at work, constantly....

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental....

It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.

He wanted to be an artist, an artist of life wasn't enough for him, although precisely this concept provides....

To wake up one day and be Steinway and Glen in One... Glen Steinway, Steinway Glen, all for Bach.

We publish only to satisfy out craving for fame there's no other motive except the even baser one of....

People are always talking about it being their duty to find their way to their fellow men — to their....

We only really face up to ourselves when we are afraid.