Sigmund Freud — People

Painterly jagged stone in a clear beaker of bubbling golden liquid against light blue. — Original artwork

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.

Sigmund Freud

A closed brass padlock with drops of blue paint seeping out of it onto a saucer on a rust-red surface. — Original artwork

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

Sigmund Freud

Small porcelain hand reaching toward a tiny red balloon on a coiled red string — Original artwork

One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be “happy” is not included in the plan of “Creation.”

Sigmund Freud

A brass balance scale holds several small wooden blocks opposite a single gray block. — Original artwork

Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.

Sigmund Freud

Painterly smoking cigar resting on a red silk cushion in warm light. — Original artwork

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sigmund Freud

A small wooden figure casts two shadows in opposite directions across cracked orange ground. — Original artwork

The ego is not master in its own house.

Sigmund Freud

A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet. — Original artwork

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is “What does a woman want?”

Sigmund Freud

Three carved theatrical masks in black, charcoal and pale grey show different degrees of frowning against slate. — Original artwork

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

Sigmund Freud

A small wooden cradle holding a green seedling on a cobalt-blue cloth. — Original artwork

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

Sigmund Freud