Günter Grass Quotes

Most popular Günter Grass Quotes

I am not faithful but I am attached. - Günter Grass quote.
I am not faithful but I am attached.
— Günter Grass

infidelity

It was the newsreels. I was a pushover for the prettified black-and-white "truth" they served up. - Günter Grass quote.
It was the newsreels. I was a pushover for the prettified black-and-white "truth" they served up.
— Günter Grass Peeling the Onion

news

Art is accusation, expression, passion.  Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper. - Günter Grass quote.
Art is accusation, expression, passion.  Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.
— Günter Grass The Tin Drum

art

The onion has many skins.  A multitude of skins.  Peeled, it renews itself; chopped, it brings tears; only during peeling it speaks the truth. - Günter Grass quote.
The onion has many skins.  A multitude of skins.  Peeled, it renews itself; chopped, it brings tears; only during peeling it speaks the truth.
— Günter Grass Peeling the Onion

memory

When pestered with questions, memory is like an onion that wishes to be peeled so we can read what is laid bare letter by letter.  It is seldom unambiguous and often in mirror writing or otherwise disguised. - Günter Grass quote.
When pestered with questions, memory is like an onion that wishes to be peeled so we can read what is laid bare letter by letter.  It is seldom unambiguous and often in mirror writing or otherwise disguised.
— Günter Grass Peeling the Onion

memory