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Banality Quotes

... love is banality to all outsiders Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality Picture Quote #1

Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world Picture Quote #1

Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches Picture Quote #1

Banality is sometimes striking Picture Quote #1

I believe such passion-even passion born of fear and anxiety-is far better than a life of banality Picture Quote #1

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Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars Picture Quote #1

Among human beings there is no greater banality than death. Second in order, because it is possible to die without being born, comes birth, and next comes marriage Picture Quote #1

We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters Picture Quote #1

Banality is a terribly likely consequence of the underused of a good mind. That is why in particular it is a female affliction Picture Quote #1

Radio and television... Have succeeded in lifting the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry Picture Quote #1

This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain Picture Quote #1

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There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art Picture Quote #1

She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage Picture Quote #1

There is ugliness of mass production and consumerism, the banality of advertising. Although it claims to do just the opposite, it’s predicated on disempowering and effacing persons Picture Quote #1

Cannot Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’ be subject to transposition: the evil of banality? Picture Quote #1

This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain Picture Quote #1

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain Picture Quote #1

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I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition Picture Quote #1

Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that Picture Quote #1

My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life Picture Quote #1

It is the corpse of the bourgeoisie that separates us. With us, it is that class that is the carrier of the chromosome of banality Picture Quote #1

Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banality Picture Quote #1

The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past Picture Quote #1

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The banality of evil transmutes into the banality of sentimentality. The world is nothing but a problem to be solved by enthusiasm Picture Quote #1

It is the sheer ugliness and banality of everyday life which turns my blood to ice and makes me cringe in terror Picture Quote #1

I’ve been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me Picture Quote #1

Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened Picture Quote #1

Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things Picture Quote #1

To keep a diary is to attempt a difficult literary form. Its effectiveness is likely to derive from a special blend of honesty and appetite for life that gives the power to record everyday happenings while magically freeing them from banality and triviality Picture Quote #1

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... love is banality to all outsiders (Banality Quotes) There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality (Banality Quotes) Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world (Banality Quotes) Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches (Banality Quotes) Banality is sometimes striking (Banality Quotes) I believe such passion-even passion born of fear and anxiety-is far better than a life of banality (Banality Quotes) Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars (Banality Quotes) Among human beings there is no greater banality than death. Second in order, because it is possible to die without being born, comes birth, and next comes marriage (Banality Quotes) We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters (Banality Quotes) Banality is a terribly likely consequence of the underused of a good mind. That is why in particular it is a female affliction (Banality Quotes) Radio and television... Have succeeded in lifting the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry (Banality Quotes) This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain (Banality Quotes) There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art (Banality Quotes) She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage (Banality Quotes) There is ugliness of mass production and consumerism, the banality of advertising. Although it claims to do just the opposite, it’s predicated on disempowering and effacing persons (Banality Quotes) Cannot Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’ be subject to transposition: the evil of banality? (Banality Quotes) This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. (Banality Quotes) The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. (Banality Quotes) I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition. (Banality Quotes) Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that (Banality Quotes) My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life (Banality Quotes) It is the corpse of the bourgeoisie that separates us. With us, it is that class that is the carrier of the chromosome of banality (Banality Quotes) Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banality (Banality Quotes) The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past (Banality Quotes) The banality of evil transmutes into the banality of sentimentality. The world is nothing but a problem to be solved by enthusiasm (Banality Quotes) It is the sheer ugliness and banality of everyday life which turns my blood to ice and makes me cringe in terror (Banality Quotes) I’ve been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me (Banality Quotes) Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened (Banality Quotes) Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things (Banality Quotes) To keep a diary is to attempt a difficult literary form. Its effectiveness is likely to derive from a special blend of honesty and appetite for life that gives the power to record everyday happenings while magically freeing them from banality and triviality (Banality Quotes)

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