Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
More from Walter Benjamin (50 quotes) →More quotes by Walter Benjamin
- “Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as t…”Walter Benjamin
- “What matters for the dialectician is having the wind of world history in his sails. Thinking for him means: t…”Walter Benjamin
- “Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.”Walter Benjamin
- “The important thing for the remembering author is not what he experienced, but the weaving of his memory, the…”Walter Benjamin
Memory: more sayings
- “At the most basic level, therefore, secure attachments in both childhood and adulthood are established by two…”Daniel J. Siegel
- “Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be l…”Julian Barnes
- “The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. A mentality that can only say, “Then w…”Pope Francis
Earth: more sayings
- “every single explanation that your brain concocts about a certain phenomenon on earth, is merely a virtual hu…”Abhijit Naskar
- “It was killing him, seeing her this way. She was not meant to be uncertain, timid or fearful; the woman he kn…”G.S. Jennsen
- “A generation of Earth Days has conditioned millions of us to be green in our homes yet we must apply the same…”Christine Pelosi
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Walter Benjamin
Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
1963