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Poet, Painter, Playwright
About August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (22 January 1849 β 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.
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βKierkegaard is not regarded as a philosopher, nor are Feuerbach and his pupil Nietzsche, but they are extraordinarily instructive. All who construct an empty system with facts are fools. Such is Bostrom, who tries to subtilise conceptions, analyse ideas, and classify and arrange God, man, and human life under heads.β
βI'd love to see the whole of your sex swimming in a sea of blood. The way I feel I could drink out of your skull. I could eat your heart roasted whole! You think I'm weak! My father will come home - find his money stolen! He'll send for the sheriff - and I'll tell him everything. Then there'll be peace and quiet ... forever.β
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August Strindberg on Theatre
βA playwright is a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.β
August Strindberg on Dogs
βI loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.β
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August Strindberg on Women 6 quotes
βThe beginning and the endβfor us men anyhow. In relationship to one another they are nothing.β
About August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (22 January 1849 β 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.