Francoise Sagan

Art must take reality by surprise.

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Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another moment, and arbitrarily transforms them into a special series of moments held together by a major emotion.

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When man, Apollo man, rockets into space, it isn't in order to find his brother, I'm quite sure of that. It's to confirm that he hasn't any brothers.

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A dress has no meaning unless it makes a man want to take it off.

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Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

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To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

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The illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but the exact opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

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I like men to behave like men - strong and childish.

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The rich have a passion for bargains as lively as it is pointless.

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I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.

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Quotes by Francoise Sagan