“We don’t know very well those we love But I understand them fairly well Being all these people myself I who am… — Max Jacob Copy Share Image
Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. — Max Jacob Friendship Copy Share Image
Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake. Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a… — Max Jacob Books Copy Share Image
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. — Max Jacob Enough Copy Share Image
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. — Max Jacob Depression Copy Share Image
“The raven of Edgar Allan Poe has a halo that he extinguishes from time to time ("Spanish Generosity")” — Max Jacob Allan poe Copy Share Image
Man is a venerating animal. He venerates as easily as he purges himself. When they take away from him the gods of… — Max Jacob Animal Copy Share Image
“Her white arms became my entire horizon ("The Rooster And The Pearl")” — Max Jacob Arms Copy Share Image
