„Jedes Mal, wenn ich von dieser Katze höre, fange ich an, meine Waffe zu ziehen.“
„Ich möchte so malen, wie ein Vogel singt.“
Notebook, 1894
Original engl.: "If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."
Notebook
aus der Fabel "Vom Schmied und seiner Katze" in: "der ganz neuw gemachte und in Reimen gefaßte Esopus", 1548; daher die Redensart Das ist für die Katz, da der Schmied mit diesen Worten seiner Katze nur dankt, aber nichts zu fressen gibt
zitiert auf dieStandard.at vom 3.2.2008 http://diestandard.at/1200563172675/Ansichtssachen-Meine-Arbeit-ist-meine-Ehe?sap=2&_slideNumber=7&_seite=.
"I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago found myself saying to myself - I can't live where I want to - I can't go where I want to - I can't do what I want to - . School and things that painters have taught me even keep me from painting as I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not at least to paint as I wanted to and say what I wanted to and when I painted as that seemed to be the only thing that I could do that did not concern anyone but myself - that was nobody's business but my own." [1923] - moma.org 1946-1948 pdf https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/1152/releases/MOMA_1946-1948_0026_1946-05-14_46514-25.pdf, p.2
„Wenn die Katze viel frisst, so wird sie übermütig.“
Iwein / Keii
„Nachts sind alle Katzen grau.“
Following the Equator, chapter LXIII und The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, chapter 7
Original engl.: "The principal difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives." (Following the Equator)
Original engl.: "One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives" (Pudd'nhead Wilson)
Following the Equator
