Maxioms by Louis Aragon
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be read more
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.
The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, read more
The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it read more
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
