Famous quotes containing the words german and/or literature:
“So far no actual revolutionary masses have come into view. This might be considered sufficient reason for reproaching someone who has set out to describe a revolution. But it is not our fault. This is, after all, a German revolution.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
“If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)