Bauhaus Quotes

United Kingdom,
1978 – 2008.

Bauhaus were an English rock band, formed in Northampton, England in 1978. The group consisted of Daniel Ash (guitar, saxophone), Peter Murphy (vocals, occasional instruments), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). The band was originally named Bauhaus 1919 in reference to the first operating year of the German art school Bauhaus, although they shortened the name within a year of formation. One of the pioneers of gothic rock, Bauhaus were known for their dark image and gloomy sound, although they mixed many genres, including dub, glam rock, psychedelia and funk.

The unfulfilling job is not the failure; not pursuing your dreams is the real failure. Developing a vision requires conquering your fears and finding motivation from within.

Peter Murphy Bauhaus
- Real
- Dream
- Fear
All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is little, not big.

David John Haskins Bauhaus
- Thinking
- Littles
- Bigs

Yes. I guess it's the foolish romantic in me, but you see, I don’t think that sex is my Muse.

Peter Murphy Bauhaus
- Thinking
- Funny
- Romantic
The goths are beautiful, a vast depth of subcultural, aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion...the costume without the brain.

Peter Murphy Bauhaus
- Beautiful
- Brain
- Modern
Nothing—absolutely nothing—in this life gives you more satisfaction than knowing you’re on the road to success and achievement. And nothing stands as a bigger challenge than making the most of yourself.

David John Haskins Bauhaus
The gospel always comes to people in cultural robes. There is no such thing as a ‘pure’ gospel, isolated from culture

David John Haskins Bauhaus
- People
- Culture
- Pure
Life is to short to be little.

David John Haskins Bauhaus
- Life
- Littles
Women earn less than men because they are women.

David John Haskins Bauhaus
- Men

Nico was gothic, but she was Mary Shelley gothic to everyone else's Hammer horror film gothic. They both did Frankenstein, but Nico's was real.

Peter Murphy Bauhaus
- Real
- Film
- Horror
Horror fiction seems to spawn more dumbass 'rules' than any other kind of writing, and one of the dumbest is the assumed 'requirement' of a twist ending, going all the way back to H.H. Munro. This story is also the result of a long rumination on how stories are sometimes scuttled or diminished by succumbing to such 'rules'.

David John Haskins Bauhaus
- Long
- Writing
- Kind
Rewriting is like scrubbing the basement floor with a toothbrush.

Peter Murphy Bauhaus
- Writing
- Crafts
- Rewriting
[S]ince there is no wrong or right, you just reap what you sow.

Peter Murphy Bauhaus
- Nihilism
- Reap