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Malcolm de Chazal

Malcolm de Chazal was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of several thousand aphorisms and pensées.

French writers such as André Breton and Jean Paulhan praised de Chazal's work.


“The sun is pure communism everywhere but in cities, where it's private property.”
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“The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom.When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies.Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.”
Malcolm de Chazal
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“The ears are the last feature to age.”
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“The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.”
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“The chicken "understands" the dog, the dog can interpret the dove's cooing, the insect can fathom the lowing of the cow, and no matter how faraway the eagle may be, the cow can tell where it is. All audible animal messages are indifferently understood by all animals even though each one is monolingual at most. Could there be any more remarkable lesson in and example of understanding others without loss of personality? Most impenetrable to the thoughts of others are those who have no personal language. Most intolerant people hail from the land of self-ignorance.”
Malcolm de Chazal
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