Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Harry Martinson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Swedish author Harry Martinson.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Harry Martinson

Harry Martinson was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy.

The art of negotiation is perhaps what most deeply distinguishes man from the animals, and it is this art and this will to negotiate that has brought man forward, elevated him beyond the animals.
Our spaceship is a tiny bubble in a glass of God. — © Harry Martinson
Our spaceship is a tiny bubble in a glass of God.
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