“Is it by chance that the 18th century of France, the century of the “philosophy of enlightenment,” did not produce any poets except the Marquis de Sade, who — despite his participation in the events of this epoch — expressed the first violent protest against the essential postulates of this period?”
— Benjamin Péret
“A suicide is always, for those close to the deceased, a tragic and agonising event; but when it is accomplished by means of jam, one cannot be less than terrified.”
— Benjamin Péret