Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them…

- Georges Perec

This is how space begins, with words only, signs traced on the blank page. To describe space: to name it, to trace it, like those portolano-makers wh…

- Georges Perec

The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming — what should I do? — with an answer taking shape:…

- Georges Perec

It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that you discover, without surprise, that something is wrong, that, without mincing w…

- Georges Perec

Chess is a fathead and feudal game.

- Georges Perec

Question your tea spoons.

- Georges Perec

What we need to question is bricks, concrete, glass, our table manners, our utensils, our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms. To question …

- Georges Perec

Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless...antique shops, clothes, hi-fi, etc. Don't s…

- Georges Perec

From this, one can make a deduction which is quite certainly the ultimate truth of jigsaw puzzles: despite appearances, puzzling is not a solitary ga…

- Georges Perec