Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in If Don Juan Were A Woman (Vadim, 1973).
Faust: My heart’s on fire — let us depart!
Mephistopheles: This is the true poetic art
and I have never met with prettier poets;
Could they but keep the secrets of their trade.
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Part I, Act 1, Scene 3: “Witch’s Kitchen.”)
Posts Tagged ‘Mephistopheles’
Goethe Month: The unforgettable sight of Margareta
July 25, 2010Asia forever.
By God, but that’s a lovely girl!
More lovely than I’ve ever met.
So virtuous, so decent, yet
A touch of sauciness as well!
Her lips so red, her cheeks so bright —
All my life I’ll not forget that sight.
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Act I, Scene 10, 2609–15.)
Bella Argento. You have just been blinded. With Science.
Goethe Month: HST edition
July 13, 2010
Mixed-media self-portrait by Hunter S. Thompson, 1976.
Bin ich ein Gott? Mir wird so licht!
Am I a god? I see so clearly! / Light fills my mind!
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Act I, Scene 4, 439-40.)
At Big Sur, 1961.
Allwissend bin ich nicht; doch viel ist mir bewußt.
I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
(Ibid.Act I, Scene 7, 1582.)
The speaker of the first quote is Faust; the second speaker is Mephistopheles. I feel like both or either quote could be attributed to Hunter Thompson and no one would think that out of his ordinary style. I’ve been thinking a lot about him and the things his writing has always made me feel, I suppose it’s more acute than usual with his birthday coming up soon. R.I.P. is I guess all I can say.
