It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.

- Henri Michaux

I do not know how to make poems

- Henri Michaux

He who knows how to shave the razor, will know how to erase the eraser.

- Henri Michaux

The Sorbonne should be razed and Chris Marker put in its place.

- Henri Michaux

He who hides his madman, dies voiceless.

- Henri Michaux

It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.

- Henri Michaux

The Surrealist supernatural is a bit predictable but given the choice between supernatural and anything else, I would have no hesitation. Long live s…

- Henri Michaux

The bird's delirium does not interest the trees.

- Henri Michaux

It came to me late, as an adult, the desire to draw and participate in the world of lines.

- Henri Michaux