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Raymond Queneau Quotes

Raymond Queneau quotes

French Poet February 21, 1903 – October 25, 1976

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Raymond Queneau quote: "When one made love to zerospheres embraced their archesand..."
When one made love to zerospheres embraced their archesand prime numbers caught their breath... Raymond Queneau
We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life. Raymond Queneau
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. Raymond Queneau
Rules cease to exist once they have outlived their value, but forms live on eternally. There are forms of the novel which impose on the suggested topic all the virtues of the Number. Born of the very expression and of the diverse aspects of the tale, connected by nature with the guiding idea, daughter and mother of all the elements that it polarizes, a structure develops, which transmits to the works the last reflections of Universal Light and the last echoes of the Harmony of Worlds. Raymond Queneau
I don't know how long I stayed in that particular place my poor memory is not a chronometer nor a movie camera nor a phonograph nor any other sort of finely tuned machine. It's more like nature with holes empty spaces hidden nooks and crannies with rivers that trickle away so that you can never dip your foot in the same water twice and with patches of light and darkness. Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau quote: "Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune."
Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune. Raymond Queneau
It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history. Raymond Queneau
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. Raymond Queneau
There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions. Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau quote: "One can easily classify all works of fiction either as..."
One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau quote: "He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was..."
He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was inexperienced and besides he didn't have too much imagination. Raymond Queneau
The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality. Raymond Queneau
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement. Raymond Queneau
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau
His thoughts were hemmed in. One can only draw curved lines on the terrestrial sphere which, as they extend, forever meet with themselves. At such intersections we always encounter what we have already seen. Raymond Queneau

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