‘I have always been caught by images more than by words. Probably that is strange, and incompatible with my vocation; but I can no longer pursue my vocation. The last thing in my life will be a picture, not a word. Words die before pictures.’
Wolf, Christa,
1984. Conditions of a narrative.
in Wolf, Christa, 1984. Cassandra: a
novel and four essays.
Translated from the German by Jan van Heurck. London: Virago, p.21
