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Henry Charles Bukowski /ˈhɛnɹi t͡ʃɑɹlz bəˈkaʊski/, né Heinrich Karl Bukowski /ˈhaɪnʁɪç kaːɐ̯l buˈkɔfskʲi/ le 16 août 1920 à Andernach en Allemagne et mort le 9 mars 1994 à Los Angeles aux États-Unis, est un écrivain américain d'origine allemande, auteur de romans, de nouvelles et de poésie. Il est connu sous ses pseudonymes divers : Hank, Buk, Henry Chinaski, ce dernier étant celui de son alter ego dans ses nombreux romans autobiographiques. Il est l'auteur, en prose comme en vers, d'une œuvre poétique considérable. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. août 1920 – 9. mars 1994  •  Autres noms Henry Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski: 574 citations1 J'aime

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Charles Bukowski Citations

“Tout allait de travers. Les gens s’accrochaient aveuglément à la première bouée de sauvetage venue : le communisme, la diététique, le zen, le surf, la danse classique, l’hypnotisme, la dynamique de groupe, les orgies, le vélo, l’herbe, le catholicisme, les haltères, les voyages, le retrait intérieur, la cuisine végétarienne, l’Inde, la peinture, l’écriture, la sculpture, la musique, la profession de chef d’orchestre, les balades sac à dos, le yoga, la copulation, le jeu, l’alcool, zoner, les yaourts surgelés, Beethoven, Bach, Bouddha, le Christ, le H, le jus de carotte, le suicide, les costumes sur mesure, les voyages en avion, New York City, et soudain, tout se cassait la gueule, tout partait en fumée. Il fallait bien que les gens trouvent quelque chose à faire en attendant de mourir. Pour ma part, je trouvais plutôt sympa qu’on ait le choix.”

Charles Bukowski livre Women

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Nothing was ever in tune. People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, Catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, India, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting, backpacking, yoga, copulating, gambling, drinking, hanging around, frozen yogurt, Beethoven, Back, Buddha, Christ, TM, H, carrot juice, suicide, handmade suits, jet travel, New York City, and then it all evaporated and fell apart. People had to find things to do while waiting to die. I guess it was nice to have a choice.
Women, 1978

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Charles Bukowski: Citations en anglais

“I don't remember going to bed, but in the morning, there I was.”

Charles Bukowski

Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.”

Charles Bukowski livre Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

“New Year's Eve always terrifies me.”

Charles Bukowski

Source: Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

“life itself is not the miracle.
that pain should be so constant,
that's the miracle”

Charles Bukowski livre The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last

“To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.”

Charles Bukowski

Variante: It's better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.

“people are not good to each other.
perhaps if they were
our deaths would not be so sad.”

Charles Bukowski livre Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

“Fiction is an improvement on life”

Charles Bukowski livre Ham on Rye

Source: Ham on Rye

“sometimes I hate you,"
she said.”

Charles Bukowski livre Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

“I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. It didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone.”

Charles Bukowski livre Women

Source: Women (1978)
Contexte: I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. I didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone. On the other hand, when I got drunk I screamed, went crazy, got all out of hand. One kind of behavior didn't fit the other. I didn't care.

“having nothing to struggle
against
they have nothing to struggle
for.”

Charles Bukowski

Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“I
think that the
world should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, just
cats and
rain, rain and cats, very nice, good
night.”

Charles Bukowski livre Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories

Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories

“It seemed better to delay thinking.”

Charles Bukowski livre Ham on Rye

Source: Ham on Rye

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