--- title: "Best André Breton Quotations" description: "André Breton was a French writer and poet who co‑founded surrealism. He wrote the first Surrealist Manifesto in 1924. Browse 141 André Breton quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andre-breton-12706.jpg" --- ![Portrait of André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andre-breton-12706.jpg) # André Breton (1896–1966) Poet **141** quotes in **585** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet André Breton was a poet, best known for *Manifestes du surréalisme*. ## Quick Facts About André Breton Born February 19, 1896 Died September 28, 1966 Profession Poet Notable works Manifestes du surréalisme ## About André Breton He is also known as a principal theorist of surrealism and defined the movement as “pure psychic automatism” in his 1924 manifesto. ## Quotes by André Breton · Page 4 > [“Again begins the ridiculous, terrible waiting, in which we do not know which object to move, which gesture to repeat—what to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/again-begins-the-ridiculous-terrible-waiting-in-which-we-do-not-know/) [André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/401/andr-breton-2478_life_again-begins-the-ridiculous-terrible-wai_3031888.jpg) > [Under his (Marc Chagall, ed.) sole impulse metaphor made its triumphal entry into modern painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/under-his-marc-chagall-ed-sole-impulse-metaphor-made-its-triumphal/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/andr-breton-2478_artist_under-his-marc-chagall-ed-sole-impulse-m_128690.jpg) > [The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/the-eye-is-not-open-when-it-is-limited-to-the-passive-role-of-a/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/andr-breton-2478_capacity_the-eye-is-not-open-when-it-is-limited-t_2389496.jpg) > [The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/the-mind-which-plunges-into-surrealism-relives-with-burning/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/andr-breton-2478_burning_the-mind-which-plunges-into-surrealism-r_2869814.jpg) > [The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/the-simplest-surrealist-act-consists-of-dashing-down-the-street/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/andr-breton-2478_barrels_the-simplest-surrealist-act-consists-of_2076210.jpg) > [Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/everything-tends-to-make-us-believe-that-there-exists-a-certain-point/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/andr-breton-2478_believe_everything-tends-to-make-us-believe-that_1619423.jpg) > [“…I know that if I were mad, after several days of confinement I should take advantage of any lapses in my madness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/i-know-that-if-i-were-mad-after-several-days-of-confinement-i-should/) [André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Solitary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/solitary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/andr-breton-2478_surrealism_i-know-that-if-i-were-mad-after-several_2120319.jpg) > [“There has never been any forbidden fruit. Only temptation is divine. To feel the need to vary the object of this temptation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/there-has-never-been-any-forbidden-fruit-only-temptation-is-divine-to/) [André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Forbidden fruit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forbidden-fruit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/andr-breton-2478_forbidden-fruit_there-has-never-been-any-forbidden-fruit_196843.jpg) > [Surrealism, n. Pure psychic automatism, by which it is intended to express, whether verbally or in writing, or in any other way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/surrealism-n-pure-psychic-automatism-by-which-it-is-intended-to/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Aesthetic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/andr-breton-2478_aesthetic_surrealism-n-pure-psychic-automatism-by_1813802.jpg) > [Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/surrealism-is-based-on-the-belief-in-the-superior-reality-of-certain/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/andr-breton-2478_association_surrealism-is-based-on-the-belief-in-the_1111073.jpg) > [At the outset, it is only liking, not understanding, that matters. Gaps in understanding ... are not only important, they are perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/at-the-outset-it-is-only-liking-not-understanding-that-matters-gaps/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/554/andr-breton-2478_clearing_at-the-outset-it-is-only-liking-not-unde_668226.jpg) > [The pure playfulness of certain wholly whimsical portions of (Charles) Cros’s work should not obscure the fact that at the center of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/the-pure-playfulness-of-certain-wholly-whimsical-portions-of-charles/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/andr-breton-2478_beautiful_the-pure-playfulness-of-certain-wholly-w_2389343.jpg) > [Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/psychic-automatism-in-its-pure-state-by-which-one-proposes-to-express/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/andr-breton-2478_absence_psychic-automatism-in-its-pure-state-by_151030.jpg) > [Perhaps my life is nothing but an image of this kind; perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/perhaps-my-life-is-nothing-but-an-image-of-this-kind-perhaps-i-am/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/andr-breton-2478_education_perhaps-my-life-is-nothing-but-an-image_1403657.jpg) > [“I would like to sleep, in order to surrender myself to the dreamers, the way I surrender myself to those who read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/i-would-like-to-sleep-in-order-to-surrender-myself-to-the-dreamers/) [André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/andr-breton-2478_conscious_i-would-like-to-sleep-in-order-to-surren_2340191.jpg) > [The important thing is that man is lost in time, in the moment that immediately precedes him - which only attests, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/the-important-thing-is-that-man-is-lost-in-time-in-the-moment-that/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/andr-breton-2478_facts_the-important-thing-is-that-man-is-lost_637491.jpg) > [I maintain that anyone who still refuses to see, for instance, a horse galloping on a tomato, must be an idiot. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/i-maintain-that-anyone-who-still-refuses-to-see-for-instance-a-horse/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/andr-breton-2478_children_i-maintain-that-anyone-who-still-refuses_2602138.jpg) > [One can understand why Surrealism was not afraid to make for itself a tenet of total revolt, complete insubordination, of sabotage according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/one-can-understand-why-surrealism-was-not-afraid-to-make-for-itself-a/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/andr-breton-2478_expect-nothing_one-can-understand-why-surrealism-was-no_812853.jpg) > [I believe in the pure Surrealist joy of the man who, forewarned that all others before him have failed, refused to admit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/i-believe-in-the-pure-surrealist-joy-of-the-man-who-forewarned-that/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/andr-breton-2478_believe_i-believe-in-the-pure-surrealist-joy-of_938114.jpg) > [“We are in front of a fountain, whose jet she seems to be watching. 'Those are your thoughts and mine. Look where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/we-are-in-front-of-a-fountain-whose-jet-she-seems-to-be-watching/) [André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/andr-breton-2478_surrealism_we-are-in-front-of-a-fountain-whose-jet_2107109.jpg) > [“I am concerned with facts of quite unverifiable intrinsic value, but which, by their absolutely unexpected violently fortuitous character, and the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/i-am-concerned-with-facts-of-quite-unverifiable-intrinsic-value-but/) [André Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/andr-breton-2478_character_i-am-concerned-with-facts-of-quite-unver_2558743.jpg) ## André Breton by topic [Surrealism (27)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrealism/andr-breton/) [Life (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/andr-breton/) 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