All Days Are Night Quotes

“Never will I succeed in putting as much strength in a portrait as there is in a head. The mere fact of living demands such willpower and energy … ALBERTO GIACOMETTI”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“If it’s reality you want, I suggest you look out the window.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“Dust was time in material form, Hubert could no longer remember who had said it, or where he had read it. At any rate, a lot of time seemed to have collected in his studio, because there was a thin, almost transparent layer of dust over everything.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“The only driver for his work was desire, a kind of hunger for reality, for presence, and also for intimacy, as opposed to publicity. In a very wide sense, he was interested in transcendence.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“A little wolf is present in every one of us.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“Beautiful landscapes are no use for good paintings.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“That’s the thing with reality, he said, you can’t repeat it to order, you can’t correct it. Perhaps we should read more books.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“Fear is the possibility of freedom.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“If you shared your happiness with journalists, you shouldn’t be surprised if they were interested in your misfortune as well.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night

“When I really feel like dancing, I want someone who knows how to lead.”
― Peter Stamm, All Days Are Night