Quote of the Day (Nikos Kazantzakis, on ‘What a Strange Machine Man Is!’)

“What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out come sighs, laughter, and dreams.”— Greek novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), Zorba the Greek (1946)

The image accompanying this post comes from the 1964 adaptation of Zorba the Greek, with Anthony Quinn in the title role.

(Thanks to my friend Holly for bringing this to my attention.)

Quote of the Day (‘Zorba the Greek,’ on True Happiness)

"This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.” ―Greek man of letters Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), Zorba the Greek (1946)

The image accompanying this post comes from the 1964 adaptation of the Kazantzakis novel, starring Anthony Quinn—pictured here—in the title role.

Quote of the Day (Nikos Kazantzakis, on ‘What a Strange Machine Man Is’)

“What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.” —Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), Zorba the Greek (1946)

(The image accompanying this post is not, I need hardly say, of the author, but of Anthony Quinn, the Oscar-nominated star of the 1964 film adaptation of Zorba the Greek.)