Karl Kraus

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#consciousness #his #knows #more #psychologist

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

— Karl Kraus

#imagination #killed #lies #life #our

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#make #out #riddle #someone #who

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children? ↗

— Karl Kraus

#makes #play #sense #soldier #soldiers

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#poorly #repressed #sexuality #some #well

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#itself #mental #mental illness #psychoanalysis #regards

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#any #deadline #express #ideas #improved

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#aside #cannot #exhaust #experiences #inheritance

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#police #put #scandal #stop

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#i #like #meddle #private