The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? – Georges Duhamel
Do not trust your memory it is a net full of holes the most beautiful prizes slip through it. – Georges Duhamel
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. – Georges Duhamel
It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. – Georges Duhamel
I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness… Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour. – Richard Eyre