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Henri Michaux Quotes

1899–1984 Belgium

Henri Michaux (24 May 1899 – 18 October 1984) was a Belgian writer and painter.

Belgium
Painters
Poets

Also known as: Henri michaux

Random Henri Michaux quote

4 quotes

It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.

La Nuit des Bulgares in Plume (1938)

You can love a woman. To admire her is hard. You are not dealing with something important.

Ecuador (1929)

It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.

Ecuador (1929)

A man who knows neither how to travel nor how to keep a journal has put together this travel journal. But at the moment of signing he is suddenly afraid. So he casts the first stone. Here.

Preface to Ecuador (1929)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henri Michaux (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.