"The gods were bored, and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created."

"What poem is this of spring, so often repeated ! I am thrilled when I hear it spoken of..."

"30 Mai. Je me promène à l'intérieur, sur mon lac d'ennui. J'y fais de petites promenades joyeuses."

"The older I grow, the more of an alien I find myself in the world; I cannot get used to it, cannot believe that it is real."

"Can it be possible that I am as real as any one else, and that all of us feel ourselves like ghosts and goblins in this authentic world ?"

"Acteurs inconscients et obscurs d'une pièce dont nous ne connaissons que le dénouement."

"I offer this book to you not as a lorgnette to observe others but as a mirror to observe yourself."

"There is no need to be surprised that Rousseau had a taste for solitude: such souls find themselves alone and live isolated, like eagles."

“... Success, peace, happiness, and distraction — pale before the question of whether or not one experiences this life as meaningful.”

"J’adore les roses, .. ce sont des beautés champêtres délicieuses dont nous avons su faire des princesses incomparables..."

"Veuillez m’excuser de vous avoir fait attendre. C’est l’heure du jour que je consacre à mon nouveau « violon d’Ingres », la photographie."

"Quel que soit son art, l'artiste apaise le monde, il est précieux en ce qu'il enrichit le cœur de l'homme." Natsume Sôseki

[Quotes] "We are not on the way to greater individualism, but are becoming an increasingly manipulated mass civilization." Erich Fromm

[Quotes] "People are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things."

[African Spir : Quotes / Citations]

« Je me jetais sur les livres comme s'ils devaient nécessairement me livrer la clef de moi-même. Et la serrure avec. » Louis Calaferte

"Life is simply a 'mauvais quart d'heure' made up of exquisite moments."

"When I have set myself now and then to consider the various distractions of men, the toils and dangers to which they expose themselves..."

[Extract]  "Life, to us, that means constantly transforming all that we are into light and flame..."

[Citations] "L'œuvre d'art modèle les cœurs et les esprits, les marque à son chiffre. Elle agit comme un condensateur de vie intérieure..."