The Magnetic Fields Quotes

“The clouds were disappearing rapidly, leaving the stars to die. The night dried up.”
― Andre Breton, Magnetic Fields

“We all love conflagrations. When the sky changes color, it is a dead man's passing.”
― Andre Breton, Magnetic Fields

“What’s the good of these great fragile fits of enthusiasm, these jaded jumps of joys? We know nothing anymore, but the dead stars; we gaze at their faces; and we gasp with pleasure. Our mouths are dry as the lost beaches, and our eyes turn aimlessly and without hope. Now all that remain are these cafés where we meet to drink these cool drinks, these diluted spirits, and the tables are stickier than the pavements where our shadows of the day before have fallen.”
― André Breton, The Magnetic Fields

“They rarely discovered a star red as a distant crime or a star-fish.”
― Andre Breton, Magnetic Fields

“How small these rescued tides appear! Earthly delights flow in torrents. Each object offers paradise.”
― Andre Breton, Magnetic Fields

“There’s nothing now but these cafés where we meet to drink these cold beverages, these mixed drinks, and the tables are stickier than these sidewalks where our dead shadows from the day before have fallen.”
― Andre Breton; Philippe Soupault, The Magnetic Fields

“Personne ne peut me dire une richesse nouvelle”
― Philippe Soupault, The Magnetic Fields

“À toutes mes haines acidulées, vous avez donné le narcotique raisonnable.”
― Philippe Soupault, The Magnetic Fields

“Il y a au centre africain un lac peuplé d'insectes mâles et qui ne savent que mourir à la fin du jour”
― Philippe Soupault, The Magnetic Fields

“Les banlieues tristes des dimanches et les lignes d'intérêt local sont un triste décor”
― Philippe Soupault, The Magnetic Fields