Violence is man re-creating himself.

It is the white man who creates the Negro. But it is the negro who creates negritude.

When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.

Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

For the beloved should not allow me to turn my infantile fantasies into reality: On the contrary, he should help me to go beyond them.

Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration of culture.

They realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement.