Henri Michaux quotes
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“He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1994). “Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984”, p.176, Univ of California Press
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“It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1968). “Selected Writings: The Space Within”, p.101, New Directions Publishing
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“The Surrealist supernatural is a bit predictable but given the choice between supernatural and anything else, I would have no hesitation. Long live supernatural!”
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“The Sorbonne should be razed and Chris Marker put in its place.”
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“The bird's delirium does not interest the trees.”
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“With your faults, dont hurry. Dont correct them thoughtlessly. What would you put in their place?”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1997). “Tent Posts”, Green Integer Books
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“He who hides his madman, dies voiceless.”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1994). “Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984”, p.13, Univ of California Press
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“It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux, Robin Magowan (2001). “Ecuador”, p.57, Northwestern University Press
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“He who doesn't know anger doesn't know anything. He doesn't know the immediate.”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1968). “Selected Writings: The Space Within”, p.79, New Directions Publishing
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“A man who knows neither how to travel nor how to keep a journal has put together this travel journal. But at the moment of signing he is suddenly afraid. So he casts the first stone. Here.”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux, Robin Magowan (2001). “Ecuador”, p.13, Northwestern University Press
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“You can love a woman. To admire her is hard. You are not dealing with something important.”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux, Robin Magowan (2001). “Ecuador”, p.59, Northwestern University Press
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“One can paint with two colors, and draw with one. Three, or four at most, have for centuries been enough men.”
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“It came to me late, as an adult, the desire to draw and participate in the world of lines.”
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“I do not know how to make poems”
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1968). “Selected Writings: The Space Within”, p.13, New Directions Publishing
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