Pierre Reverdy quotes:

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.

DEPARTUREThe horizon slopes away The days are longer TripA heart hops in a cage A bird sings It is going to die Another door is going to open At the end of the corridor Where a star Begins to shine A dark-haired woman The lantern of the departing train("Departure")

Creativity is to think more efficiently.

ADIEUThe glimmer farther away than the head The heart-skip On the slope where the air rolls its voice The spokes of the wheel the sun in the rut At the crossroads near the embankment a prayer Some words that are not heard Nearer the sky And on its steps the last square of light("Adieu")

POSTNot a head stands out A finger rises Then it is the voice that one knows A signal a brief note A man leaves Up above a cloud that passes by No one goes in And the night keeps its secret

The more distant and distinct the relationship between two realities that are brought together, the more powerful the image.

The point in lifeis to find equilibrium in what is inherently unstable.

There is no love; there are only proofs of love. Whatever love I might feel in my heart, others will see only my action.