In the world we live in everything militates in favor of things that have not yet happened, of things that will never happen again. – Andre Breton
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. – Andre Breton
No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist. – Andre Breton
What one hides is worth neither more nor less than what one finds. And what one hides from oneself is worth neither more nor less than what one allows others to find. – Andre Breton
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail. – Charles Austin Beard