12 Quotes By Karl Kraus

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Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
Karl Kraus on art

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Karl Kraus on education

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
Karl Kraus on education

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
Karl Kraus on education

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
Karl Kraus on experience

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
Karl Kraus on imagination

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
Karl Kraus on jealousy

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
Karl Kraus on science

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
Karl Kraus on truth

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
Karl Kraus on war

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
Karl Kraus on wisdom

The extraordinary ability of a woman to forget is not the same as the talent of a lady not to be able to remember.
Karl Kraus on ability