Quotes by Günter Grass

23 quotes found

Author and artist · German · 1927–2015

German author and artist (1927–2015)

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“Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.”
— Günter Grass, Cat and Mouse
cats stuffed-cats

“Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.”
— Günter Grass
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“You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be.”
— Günter Grass, The Tin Drum
genius vanity wickedness