Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.

Revolutions never go backward.

Revolutions never go backward.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less read more

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]

It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]

Revolutions are not made; they come.

Revolutions are not made; they come.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.