Max Jacob
Max Jacob
Max Jacobwas a French poet, painter, writer, and critic...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth12 July 1876
CountryFrance
art games play
Art is a game. Too bad for him who makes a duty of it.
reality giving illusion
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.
reality expression joy
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.
mean reality literature
Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake. Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a means and not as an end.
father men animal
Man is a venerating animal. He venerates as easily as he purges himself. When they take away from him the gods of his fathers, he looks for others abroad.
love want should
Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.