Milan Kundera

The Definition of Kitsch

Author: Milan Kundera
Book: The Incredible Lightness of Being, Page #251

Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running in the grass!

The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass!

It is the second tear that makes kitsch kitsch.

The brotherhood of man on earth will be possible only on a base of kitsch.

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