[Apocryphal Freud: Sigmund Freud' most famous "quotations" and their actual sources]

Luzif Amor. 2005;18(35):82-108.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The article traces the sources of the three most widespread quotations attributed to Freud "What does Woman want?", "To love and to work" (summarizing what a psychological healthy person should be able to do well), and "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". The first could have been spoken by Freud pretty much as we have it. The second was possibly said by Freud, in some form vaguely resembling the currently cited version. The third most probably did not come from him in any form.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Psychiatry / history*

Personal name as subject

  • Sigmund Freud