André Breton híres idézetei
André Breton: Idézetek angolul
“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”
Forrás: What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings
“Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that leads to everything.”
Le Manifeste du Surréalisme, Andre Breton (Manifesto of Surrealism; 1924)
Kontextus: After you have settled yourself in a place as favorable as possible to the concentration of your mind upon itself, have writing materials brought to you. Put yourself in as passive, or receptive, a state of mind as you can. Forget about your genius, your talents, and the talents of everyone else. Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that lead to everything. Write quickly, without any preconceived subject, fast enough so that you will not remember what you're writing and be tempted to reread what you have written. The first sentence will come spontaneously, so compelling is the truth that with every passing second there is a sentence unknown to our consciousness which is only crying out to be heard.
“Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.”
André Breton könyv Anthology of Black Humor
Forrás: Anthology of Black Humor
André Breton könyv Manifestoes of Surrealism
Forrás: Manifestoes of Surrealism
Breton's quote in the Introduction to the exhibition of Gorky's first show, Julien Levy Gallery, March 1945; as quoted in Arshile Gorky, – Goats on the roof, ed. by Matthew Spender, Ridinghouse, London, 2009, pp. 257-258
after 1930
Quote of Breton, written in the prologue of The Diary of a Genius, Salvador Dali, London Pan Books, 1976, 1980 p. 35
after 1930
“Life’s greatest gift is the freedom it leaves you to step out of it whenever you choose.”
André Breton könyv Anthology of Black Humor
Forrás: Anthology of Black Humor
“All my life my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.” andre breton”
Változat: All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
Forrás: Mad Love
“Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or not at all.”
André Breton könyv Nadja
1920's
Forrás: Quote from Breton's novel Nadja (1928), final sentence
André Breton könyv Manifestoes of Surrealism
Forrás: Manifestoes of Surrealism
André Breton könyv Anthology of Black Humor
Forrás: Anthology of Black Humor
