The avantgarde are people who dont exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.
art
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
dignity funny humor man men
Tout ce que je veux dire, c'est que si les hommes cédaient toujours? Ce qu'il y a en eux de plus humain, il y a longtemps qu'ils ne seraient plus des hommes.
humanity
Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.
literature
Elle n'avait jamais vraiment aimé les impressionnistes. Elle trouvait qu'ils manquaient d'outrance, de passion. Seul Renoir, parfois, savait traiter un corps de femme avec ce manque de respect qui lui était dû.
painting respect
When a war is won, it's the losers, not the winners, who are liberated.
loser war
During the war he was an airman and slaughtered civilians from on high.
war
Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
man
Disease-carrying thoughts swarm and multiply in the dark and twisted labyrinths of our minds, and all that is needed is a mob and a good political slogan for the epidemic to be spread once again, with a burst of automatic weapons or a mushroom cloud.
mind weapon
A writer's subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there.
places