Max Jacob Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Max Jacob
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. — Max Jacob
We don't know very well those we love But I understand them fairly well Being all these people myself I who am however but a baboon. — Max Jacob
Art is a game. Too bad for him who makes a duty of it. — Max Jacob
The raven of Edgar Allan Poe has a halo that he extinguishes from time to time
("Spanish Generosity") — Max Jacob
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. — Max Jacob
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. — Max Jacob
Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. — Max Jacob
Her white arms became my entire horizon
("The Rooster And The Pearl") — Max Jacob
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. — Max Jacob