--- title: "4 Jacques Mayol Quotes - Famous Freediver (Homo delphinus)" description: "Jacques Mayol was a French diver and the holder of many world records in free diving. The 1988 film The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, was inspired b..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jacques-mayol-45797.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jacques Mayol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jacques-mayol-45797.jpg) # Jacques Mayol (1927–2001) Freediver **4** quotes in **18** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jacques Mayol was a freediver, best known for *Homo delphinus*. ## Quick Facts About Jacques Mayol Born April 1, 1927 Died December 22, 2001 Profession Freediver Notable works Homo delphinus ## About Jacques Mayol Jacques Mayol was a French diver and the holder of many world records in free diving. The 1988 film The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, was inspired by his life story and that of his friend, Enzo Maiorca. Mayol was one of the screenwriters and authored the book Homo Delphinus: the Dolphin Within Man of his philosophy about the aquatic origins of humans. ## Quotes by Jacques Mayol > [Freediving is about silence...the silence that comes from within..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-mayol/freediving-is-about-silence-the-silence-that-comes-from-within/) [Jacques Mayol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-mayol/) [Comes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/jacques-mayol-74168_comes_freediving-is-about-silence-the-silence_60131.jpg) > [Water - the ocean - is our most natural environment. We are born naked from the miniature ocean of the mother's womb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-mayol/water-the-ocean-is-our-most-natural-environment-we-are-born-naked/) [Jacques Mayol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-mayol/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/jacques-mayol-74168_born_water-the-ocean-is-our-most-natural-envi_1413537.jpg) > [I’d rather lose myself in passion than lose my passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-mayol/i-d-rather-lose-myself-in-passion-than-lose-my-passion/) [Jacques Mayol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-mayol/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/jacques-mayol-74168_desire_i-d-rather-lose-myself-in-passion-than-l_1467609.jpg) > [“You go down to the bottom of the sea, where the water isn’t even blue anymore, where the sky is only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-mayol/you-go-down-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea-where-the-water-isn-t-even-blue/) [Jacques Mayol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-mayol/) [Forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forever/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/jacques-mayol-74168_forever_you-go-down-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea-whe_2949906.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-mayol/#itemlist", "name": "Jacques Mayol Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Freediving is about silence...the silence that comes from within..", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jacques Mayol" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-mayol/freediving-is-about-silence-the-silence-that-comes-from-within/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/jacques-mayol-74168_comes_freediving-is-about-silence-the-silence_60131.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/jacques-mayol-74168_comes_freediving-is-about-silence-the-silence_60131.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/jacques-mayol-74168_comes_freediving-is-about-silence-the-silence_60131.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Freediving is about silence...the silence that comes from within..” — Jacques Mayol", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Water - the ocean - is our most natural environment. 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