"Es ist alles lächerlich, wenn man an den Tod denkt" (Everything is ridiculous, when one thinks of Death) was his comment when he received a minor Austrian national award in 1968, which resulted in one of the many public scandals he caused over the years and which became part of his fame.
"Es ist alles lächerlich, wenn man an den Tod denkt"（一切皆荒谬，当人想起死亡）是他在1968年获得一项奥地利国家奖项时的感言，这番话引起的争议，只是他多年中不断引起，并构成他名声一部分的众多公共热议中的一次。