The Master of the Day of Judgment Quotes

“What do any of us really know about others? Each of us has his own Day of Judgement inside himself.”
― Leo Perutz, The Master of the Day of Judgment

“Does not every eternal masterpiece derive from the experience of disgrace, humiliation, wounded pride? The thoughtless mob may wildly applaud a work of art - to me it reveals the devastated mind of its creator. In all the great symphonies of tones, colours and ideas I see a gleam of the marvellous colour trumpet red, a faint reflection of the vision that for a short while raised the Master above the bewildering maze of his tormenting guilt.”
― Leo Perutz, The Master of the Day of Judgment

“Svaki pogled njenih očiju, svaku reč iz njenih usta želim da imam samo za sebe. To što ne mogu da se odvojim od nje, to što ne mogu da ustanem i zauvek završim s time! To boli, to gori u meni!"

"Ali demonima pakla je data sva moć, nastupio je dan, poslednji dan, sudnji dan, sotona trijumfuje nad grešnom dušom, i jadikujući ljudski glas se ruši sa visine i tone u Judinom smehu očajanja.”
― Leo Perutz, The Master of the Day of Judgment