“There is an art to finding your way in the lower regions by the memory of what you have seen when you were higher up. When you can no longer see, you can at least still know...”René Daumal book Mount AnalogueMount Analogue (1952)
“Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.”René Daumal Vol. 2, Essais et Notes The Lie of the Truth (1938)
“Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used here to mean the accomplishment of knowledge in action.”René Daumal book Mount AnalogueMount Analogue (1952)