Pyongyang Quotes

“At a certain level of oppression, truth hardly matters, because the greater the lie, the greater the show of power.”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Dictatorship means shut up, democracy means keep talking!”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“In fact, they live in a state of constant paradox where truth is anything but constant”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“And I certainly wouldn't demonize an entire people on the basis of 3 blurry photos and a few paintings”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“I'd been seen the day before in a neighborhood that wasn't up to revolutionary standards, photographing a pile of garbage cans. It's forbidden. Garbage is not a good souvenir of North Korea. There are so many beautiful things to photograph.”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Guy: „Hey, isn't that Karl up there?“
Mr. Kyu: „You know Marx? Very good.“
Guy: „A bit... Doesn't everybody?“
Mr. Kyu: „Oh no, not many capitalists do.“
Guy: „Really.”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Volunteers?”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea