Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and necessity for our actions; they explain the whole of History, and the initial fall of man.

Quote by Eugene Ionesco

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Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital...

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital...

A civil servant doesn't make jokes

A civil servant doesn't make jokes

You've always made the mistake of being yourself

You've always made the mistake of being yourself

The unpleasant thing about society today is nowadays is that there is a confusion between...

The unpleasant thing about society today is nowadays is that there is a confusion between...

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Art Exist for the human species I think that all of the people who love...

Art Exist for the human species I think that all of the people who love...

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed...

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed...