Quotes by Michel Leiris

Michel Leiris

French ethnologist, poet and writer

Lived from: 1901 - 1990

Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 20 april 1901 Died: 30 september 1990

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  • Dream is not a revelation. If a dream affords the dreamer some light on himself, it is not the person with closed eyes who makes the discovery but the person with open eyes lucid enough to fit thoughts together. Dream - a scintillating mirage surrounded by shadows - is essentially poetry.
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  • Nothing seems more like a whorehouse to me than a museum. In it you find the same equivocal aspect, the same frozen quality.
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