Quote of André Breton - Nothing retains less of desire in...
Biography - André Breton :
French writer and poet.
Born: 1896 - Died: 1966
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1896 - Died: 1966
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.
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Quotes about art:
The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
Quotes about science:
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
Quotes for: Desire
My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world.
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