Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.

Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.

Revolutions are not made; they come.

Revolutions are not made; they come.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it read more

I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its
course.
[Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est
arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et
reprendra sa marche.]

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less read more

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water?
[Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions read more

Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water?
[Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a
l'eau-rose?]

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and read more

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.