Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dreams, in the disinterested play of thought. It tends to ruin once and for all other psychic mechanisms and to substitute itself for them in solving all the principle problems of life.
Andre BretonThe pure playfulness of certain wholly whimsical portions of (Charles) Crosโs work should not obscure the fact that at the center of some of his most beautiful poems a revolver is leveled straight at us.
Andre BretonNothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.
Andre BretonWhatโs 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 cafรฉs 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.
Andre Breton