Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. – Walter Benjamin

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. – Walter Benjamin
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution. – Henri Frederic Amiel