One of the most inexplicable characteristics of the Germans is their love of kitsch.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists.
When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.
No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.
I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive.
The thing that I like about Germany is that Germans are so much like us. It's not like going to some other countries, where the differences are overwhelming and you walk around in a fog. Germans are so similar to Americans.
Germans make nice cars.
I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal.
Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.
The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.
I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.