Henri Michaux

A man who knows neither how to travel nor how to keep a journal has put together this travel journal. But at the moment of signing he is suddenly afraid. So he casts the first stone. Here.

— Henri Michaux

It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.

— Henri Michaux

You can love a woman. To admire her is hard. You are not dealing with something important.

— Henri Michaux

In my night, I besiege my King. I rise up steadily and I wring his neck. He regathers his strength, I come back at him, and wring his neck another time. I shake him, shake him like an old prune tree, and his crown trembles on his head. But nevertheless, he is my King, I know it and he knows it, and it is quite certain that I am at his service.

— Henri Michaux

It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.

— Henri Michaux

Qui cache son fou, meurt sans voix

— Henri Michaux