Louis Aragon

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be read more

Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and read more

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, read more

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.