“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.”

“He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was inexperienced and besides he didn't have too much imagination.”

“The really inspired person is never inspired: he's always inspired: he doesn't go looking for inspiration and he doesn't get up in arms about artistic technique.”

“We have come from all the countries of the world and are going to Saintes-Maries de la Mer. Nomads of the enigma, we gather there each year after having carried our mystery through ordinary countryside and fluid towns. Since we become transformed by our wanderings we are despised by those who stand still and retain a memory of giant serpents and metallic green.”

“Spiders’ teeth are not so long as a torment that cannot be avowed.”

“He wanted to be content with an identity nicely chopped into pieces of varying lengths, but whose character was always similar, without dyeing it in autumnal colors, drenching it in April showers or mottling it with the instability of clouds.”

“La vie? Un rien l'amène, un rien l'anime, un rien la mine, un rien l'emmène.”