“What comes into the world to disturb nothing merits neither attention nor patience” Quote by Rene Char
“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.” MenDoeEndsDisappearDescendingAscending Book:Zazie in the metro Source: Zazie in the metro
“True stories deal with hunger, imaginary ones with love.” StoriesDealsHungerImaginaryTrue Story Author:Raymond Queneau
“The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does not wait for inspiration to fall out of the heavens like roasted ortolans. He knows how to hunt...He is never inspired because he is unceasingly inspired, because the powers of poetry are always at his disposition, subjected to his will, submissive to his own activity.” KnowsDoeInspirationFallHeavenWaitingKnow HowPoetMastersActivityInspiredDispositionHuntsSubmissive Author:Raymond Queneau
“No daring is fatal. The whole logic of the universe is contained in daring, in creating from the flimsiest, slenderest support.” WholeUniverseSupportCreatingLogicDaring Author:Rene Crevel
“Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoughts visible.” UsePaintingInvisibleVisiblePower Of Thought Author:Rene Magritte
“We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all.” WorldNeedsOrderBehindsObjectsPerceiveCoveredCurtainsSemblance Author:Rene Magritte
“My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.” MeanDoeArtistAsksSimpleMysteryPaintingOneselfVisibleEvoke Author:Rene Magritte
“To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.” MindMeanRemembranceSurrealSurrealismSurrealist Author:Rene Magritte
“The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.” BombsMediocrityAtomsAtom Bomb Author:Rene Magritte