
„Amerika gibt es nicht. Es ist ein Name, den man einer abstrakten Idee verleiht.“
Henry Miller buch Wendekreis des Krebses
Wendekreis des Krebses, 1932
Henry Valentine Miller war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Maler.

„Amerika gibt es nicht. Es ist ein Name, den man einer abstrakten Idee verleiht.“
Henry Miller buch Wendekreis des Krebses
Wendekreis des Krebses, 1932
Henry Miller buch Wendekreis des Steinbocks
Tropic of Capricorn
„Jeder mit den Klassikern vollgestopfte Mensch ist ein Feind der Menschheit.“
Henry Miller buch Wendekreis des Krebses
Wendekreis des Krebses, 1932
Henry Miller buch Nexus
Quelle: The Rosy Crucifixion III: Nexus (1960), Ch. 3, p. 36
“There's nothing wrong with the world. What's wrong is our way of looking at it.”
Henry Miller buch Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Quelle: Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (1957), p. 351
“The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment.”
Henry Miller buch Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Quelle: Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (1957), p. 28
“[T]he blind lead the blind, it's the democratic way.”
Henry Miller buch The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (1945)
Quelle: "With Edgar Varèse in the Gobi Desert", p. 166
“There ain't no such thing as civilization.”
Henry Miller buch The Colossus of Maroussi
Quelle: The Colossus of Maroussi (1941) Part 2, p. 144
Henry Miller buch Nexus
Quelle: The Rosy Crucifixion III: Nexus (1960), Ch. 8, p. 129
“Modern man has much to learn from the people he calls 'savages.'”
Reflections (1981)
Kontext: The pygmies are one of the most cultured peoples on the face of the earth. They live a wonderful life, a life of purity. Not only are they busy and productive, they're happy and healthy as well. If we puny Americans had to live under their conditions, we'd perish in a day. Modern man has much to learn from the people he calls 'savages.' Before we are down to the last blade of grass it would be wise to study the life of the Pygmies. The secret of our own survival rests with them, the people who know how to make the most out of very little and find complete happiness with the bare essentials.