"(speaking of Ann Radcliffe) A work of art worthy of the name is one which gives us back the freshness of the emotions of childhood.
I am the soul in limbo.
More André Breton quotes
"Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.
"Nothing that surrounds us is object, all is subject.
"The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.
"What is admirable about the fantastic is that there is no longer anything fantastic: there is only the real.
"There is no use being alive if one must work. The event from which each of us is entitled to expect the revelation of his own life’s meaning - that ev...
"The imaginary is what tends to become real.
"Il faut que l’homme s’évade de cette lice ridicule qu’on lui a faite: le prétendu réel actuel avec la perspective d’un réel futur qui ne vaille guère ...
"The lamentable expression: 'But it was only a dream", the increasing use of which - among others in the domain of the cinema - has contributed not a l...
"May night continue to fall upon the orchestra
"There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.
"We are in front of a fountain, whose jet she seems to be watching. 'Those are your thoughts and mine. Look where they all start from, how high they re...
"Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.
"My wife with the hair of a wood fireWith the thoughts of heat lightningWith the waist of an hourglassWith the waist of an otter in the teeth of a tige...
"The clouds were disappearing rapidly, leaving the stars to die. The night dried up.