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“I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears.”

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Mia Couto

Mia Couto is a Portuguese writer known for his rich literary works and unique narrative style. His works cover various literary forms such as novels, poetry, and prose, and have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left. It consists of jolts and shocks, many of which do not have much importance, but which we know are destined to produce one Shock, which does...The human heart, beautiful as a seismograph...Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.”

Knows Humans Heart Doe Beautiful Left Produce Importance Train Shock Human Heart Destined

Author:Andre Breton

“When will the arbitrary be granted the place it deserves in the formation of works and ideas?”

Ideas Deserve Granted Arbitrary Formation

Author:Andre Breton

“It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself.”

Firsts Black Mirrors Anarchism Surrealism

Author:Andre Breton

“Who am I? If this once I were to rely on a proverb, then perhaps everything would amount to knowing whom I 'haunt.'”

Ifs Knowing Amount Rely

Author:Andre Breton

“Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word Memory begins.”

Hands Memories Secret Love You Profound Gloves Surrealism Secret Society Burying

Author:Andre Breton

“Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts on the mind very much as drugs do; like drugs, it creates a certain state of need and can push man to frightful revolts.”

Men Needs Mind Believe Doe States Reason Certain Drug Revolt Surrealism Forsake

Author:Andre Breton

“The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd.”

Hands Streets Crowds Simplest Triggers Firing Pistols Surrealist Dashing

Author:Andre Breton

“The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism. It doubtless satisfies my only legitimate aspiration. Among all the many misfortunes to which we are heir, it is only fair to admit that we are allowed the greatest degree of freedom of thought. It is up to us not to misuse it. To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery-even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness-is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself.”

“The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.”

Art Bombs Ribbons Frida

Author:Andre Breton

“You are sitting and smoking; you believe that you are sitting in your pipe, and that your pipe is smoking you; you are exhaling yourself in bluish clouds. You feel just fine in this position, and only one thing gives you worry or concern: how will you ever be able to get out of your pipe?”

Giving Feels Believe Able Worry One Thing Position Fine Sitting Concern Clouds Smoking Pipe Feels Just Exhaling

Book:Artificial Paradise: On Hashish and Wine as Means of Expanding Individuality

Source: Artificial Paradise: On Hashish and Wine as Means of Expanding Individuality

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