To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective. Claude Simon More Quotes by Claude Simon More Quotes From Claude Simon There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae. Claude Simon representation real reality Life is not only full of sound and fury. It also has butterflies, flowers, art. Claude Simon butterfly flower art For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it. Claude Simon chores sentences bigs In general, I distrust philosophy. Plato recommended chasing poets from the city; the 'great' Heidegger was a Nazi; Lukacs was a communist; and J. P. Sartre wrote: 'Any anti-communist is a dog.' Claude Simon plato dog philosophy
