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Hans Christian Andersen – duński pisarz i poeta, najbardziej znany ze swej twórczości baśniopisarskiej. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. Kwiecień 1805 – 4. Sierpień 1875  •  Natępne imiona Ганс Христиан Андерсен
Hans Christian Andersen Fotografia
Hans Christian Andersen: 53 cytaty1 Polubienie

Hans Christian Andersen słynne cytaty

„Pana jest chwała, a mój wstyd.”

Hans Christian Andersen

słowa Meislinga, nauczyciela Andersena, w czasie przypadkowego spotkania po latach na ulicach Odense (kiedy Andersen był już znanym pisarzem), przepraszające go za złe traktowanie w szkole i uznające jego wyższą pozycję. Słowa te bardzo wzruszyły Andersena.

„By mi dogodzić, gdym prosił o czary,
Dała mi babcia swoje okulary.”

Hans Christian Andersen książka Kalosze szczęścia

For denne ene Gang din Lyst jeg stiller, / Begyndte hun og gav mig sine Briller (duń.)
tymi słowami Andersen pisał o swojej babci, z której opowiadań zasłyszanych w dzieciństwie czerpał później tematy do swoich baśni.
Źródło: Kalosze szczęścia (duń. Lykkens Kalosker).

„Życie każdego człowieka jest baśnią napisaną przez Boga.”

Hans Christian Andersen

Hvert menneskes liv er et eventyr skrevet med Guds finger. (duń.)

„Moja ojczyzna, Dania, jest krajem prawdziwej poezji.”

Hans Christian Andersen

Źródło: z pamiętnika Andersena

„Teraz dopiero wiem, co to jest ciąg ptaków, teraz dopiero rozumiem, co to znaczy przemierzać ziemię!”

Hans Christian Andersen

słowa Andersena, podróżującego dotychczas dyliżansem po Europie, kiedy po raz pierwszy wsiadł w Niemczech do pociągu.

„Od nożyczek Andersena
papier w bajkę się zamienia.
Wycinanka twa gotowa,
dziękuję za dobre słowa!”

Hans Christian Andersen

Fra H.C. Andersens Sax / Sprang et Eventyr strax / Du Klipningen fik / Du er den milde Kritik! (duń.)
Źródło: podpis na jednej z wycinanek Andersena

Hans Christian Andersen cytaty

„Wiśnie były wyborne, a Gerda głodna, więc jadła, uśmiechając się z zadowoleniem, gdy staruszka złotym grzebieniem czesała jej złote włosy. Czesała je długo, w dziwnym blasku czerwonych i niebieskich szybek, a Gerda zapomniała o Kaju, babce i rodzicach, bo grzebień był zaczarowany, staruszka zaś była wróżką.”

Hans Christian Andersen książka Królowa Śniegu

The Snow Queen

„Podróżować to żyć.”

Hans Christian Andersen

At reise er at leve. (duń.)
słowa Andersena często przez niego powtarzane w kontekście jego zamiłowań do podróży.

„Chociaż się urodziło pomiędzy kaczkami, lecz z łabędziego jaja, więc i ono także łabędziem stać się musiało nakoniec!”

Hans Christian Andersen Brzydkie kaczątko

Det gjør ikke noget at være født i Andegaarden, naar man kun har ligget i et Svaneæg! (duń.)
Źródło: Brzydkie kaczątko, tłum. Cecylia Niewiadomska, wyd. Gebethner i Wolff, 1908, s. 18.

„Naiwność to tylko jedna cząstka mych baśni, humor bowiem stanowi ich sól.”

Hans Christian Andersen

Źródło: z listu do Jonasa Collina

„Życie to najbardziej zdumiewająca bajka.”

Hans Christian Andersen

Livet er det dejligste eventyr. (duń.)

„Wartość ma nie tylko sam podarunek ale też sposób, w jaki zostaje ofiarowany.”

Hans Christian Andersen

Źródło: Autobiografia. Baśń mojego życia, Wydawnictwo Ravi, 2003, s. 187.

Hans Christian Andersen: Cytaty po angielsku

“Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid
Fairy Tales (1835)

“Death continued to stare at the emperor with his cold, hollow eyes, and the room was fearfully still. Suddenly there came through the open window the sound of sweet music. Outside, on the bough of a tree, sat the living nightingale. She had heard of the emperor's illness, and was therefore come to sing to him of hope and trust. And as she sung, the shadows grew paler and paler; the blood in the emperor's veins flowed more rapidly, and gave life to his weak limbs; and even Death himself listened, and said, "Go on, little nightingale, go on."”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Nightingale

The Nightingale
Fairy Tales (1835)

“When he saw Tiny, he was delighted, and thought her the prettiest little maiden he had ever seen. He took the gold crown from his head, and placed it on hers, and asked her name, and if she would be his wife, and queen over all the flowers. This certainly was a very different sort of husband to the son of a toad, or the mole, with my black velvet and fur; so she said, "Yes," to the handsome prince. Then all the flowers opened, and out of each came a little lady or a tiny lord, all so pretty it was quite a pleasure to look at them. Each of them brought Tiny a present; but the best gift was a pair of beautiful wings, which had belonged to a large white fly and they fastened them to Tiny's shoulders, so that she might fly from flower to flower.”

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Hans Christian Andersen Thumbelina

Thumbelina
Fairy Tales (1835)

“We sometimes live to three hundred years, but when we cease to exist here we only become the foam on the surface of the water, and we have not even a grave down here of those we love. We have not immortal souls, because Estelle is a star and we shall never live again; but, like the green sea-weed, when once it has been cut off, we can never flourish more. Human beings, on the contrary, have a soul which lives forever, lives after the body has been turned to dust. It rises up through the clear, pure air beyond the glittering stars. As we rise out of the water, and behold all the land of the earth, so do they rise to unknown and glorious regions which we shall never see.”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid
Fairy Tales (1835)

“She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. "Grandmother," cried the little one, "O take me with you; I know you will go away when the match burns out; you will vanish like the warm stove, the roast goose, and the large, glorious Christmas-tree." And she made haste to light the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother there. And the matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl
Fairy Tales (1835)

“I can give her no greater power than she has already," said the woman; "don't you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve her, and how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is. She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart. If she cannot herself obtain access to the Snow Queen, and remove the glass fragments from little Kay, we can do nothing to help her.”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka Królowa Śniegu

The Snow Queen, Sixth Story
Fairy Tales (1835)

“Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with it all over the places the child loved on earth. The angel plucks a large handful of flowers, and they carry it with them up to God, where the flowers bloom more brightly than they ever did on earth.”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Angel

The Angel
Fairy Tales (1835)

“He felt himself melting away, but he still remained firm with his gun on his shoulder. Suddenly the door of the room flew open and the draught of air caught up the little dancer, she fluttered like a sylph right into the stove by the side of the tin soldier, and was instantly in flames and was gone. The tin soldier melted down into a lump, and the next morning, when the maid servant took the ashes out of the stove, she found him in the shape of a little tin heart. But of the little dancer nothing remained but the tinsel rose, which was burnt black as a cinder.”

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Hans Christian Andersen The Steadfast Tin Soldier

The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Fairy Tales (1835)

“"But he has nothing on at all," said a little child at last. "Good heavens! listen to the voice of an innocent child," said the father, and one whispered to the other what the child had said. "But he has nothing on at all," cried at last the whole people. That made a deep impression upon the emperor, for it seemed to him that they were right; but he thought to himself, "Now I must bear up to the end." And the chamberlains walked with still greater dignity, as if they carried the train which did not exist.”

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Hans Christian Andersen The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes
Fairy Tales (1835)

“"I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow." "How very terrible,” cried the princess; "is he locked up?" "Oh yes, certainly; for I fear he will never recover." "Poor shadow!" said the princess; "it is very unfortunate for him; it would really be a good deed to free him from his frail existence; and, indeed, when I think how often people take the part of the lower class against the higher, in these days, it would be policy to put him out of the way quietly."”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Shadow

The Shadow
Fairy Tales (1835)

“I have now learnt to despise you," he said. "You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!”

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Hans Christian Andersen książka The Swineherd

The Swineherd
Fairy Tales (1835)

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