Rik Peeters

“The artist, according to Freud, is a neurotic who treats himself, I guess because no one else can.”
― Witold Gombrowicz, Diary

“No one really knew what was being played because the perfection of the pianist did not allow one to concentrate on Brahms, and the perfection of Brahms drew attention away from the pianist. But he got there. Applause. The applause of the knowledgable. The applause of amateurs. The applause of the ignorant. The applause of the herd. Applause incited by applause. Applause feeding on itself, pilling onto itself, exciting, creating applause. And no one could NOT clap because everyone was clapping.”
― Witold Gombrowicz, Diary

“I write this diary reluctantly. Its dishonest honesty wearies me. For whom am I writing? If I am writing for myself, then why is it being published? If for the reader, who do I pretend that I am talking to myself? Are you talking to yourself so that others hear you?”
― Witold Gombrowicz, Diary

“In 1923 Jean Epstein announced that film should "become" exclusively cinematography; he expanded the position by saying that it should avoid any connection with historical, educational, romantic, moral or immoral, geographical, or documentary subjects.”
― Parker Tyler