Top 10 Quotes by Frank Wedekind

Monuments are for the living, not the dead.

Monument

Frank Wedekind (2013). “Spring Awakening”, p.39, A&C Black

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

Art, Knowing, Creative

The laws of this world are for children.

Children, Law, World

Frank Wedekind, Edward Bond (1979). “Spring awakening: a full length play”, Dramatic Pub Co

Search fearlessly for every sin, for out of sin comes joy.

Joy, Sin

God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour.

Men, Favour, Made

I was a baby when I came into the world--otherwise I might have been smart enough to become a different person.

Baby, Smart, Different

Frank Wedekind (2010). “Spring Awakening: A Play”, p.25, Macmillan

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

Looks, Suits, Virtue

Frank Wedekind (2014). “Wedekind Plays: 1: Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy, Lulu: A Monster Tragedy”, p.55, A&C Black

I didn't ask to be born, and I don't owe God anything.

Born, Asks

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.

Drunk, Devil, Fool

Frank Wedekind (2010). “Spring Awakening: A Play”, p.79, Macmillan

Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque.

Kitsch, Gothic, Form

Frank Wedekind Quotes