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Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Added to the moral solitude of the murderer

Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: He already had one foot in the winter

He already had one foot in the winter of heaven. He was going to be whisked up. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: A man must dream a long time in

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The pimp has a grin, never a smile.

The pimp has a grin, never a smile. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Faggots are the great immoralists.

Faggots are the great immoralists. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: By dint of saying that I'm not alive,

By dint of saying that I'm not alive, I accept the fact that people cease to regard me. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Love makes use of the worst traps. The

Love makes use of the worst traps. The least noble. The rarest. It exploits coincidence. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The vaporish cocaine loosens the contours of their

The vaporish cocaine loosens the contours of their lives and sets their bodies adrift, and so they are untouchable. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: What we need is hatred. From it our

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Divine was metamorphosed into one of those monsters

Divine was metamorphosed into one of those monsters that are painted on walls, for a customer murmured a magic word: 'homoseckshual — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The main object of a revolution is the

The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man ... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Though they may not always be handsome men

Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: But," she said to the priest, "I'm not

But," she said to the priest, "I'm not dead yet. I've heard the angels farting on the ceiling. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal

Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing of ecstasy at all. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The door made the usual, terrifying sound of

The door made the usual, terrifying sound of a door. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: We are the ink that gives the white

We are the ink that gives the white page a meaning. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: My heart to my mother, my cock to

My heart to my mother, my cock to the whores, my head to the hangman. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: On him, under him, with his mouth pressed

On him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Would it perturb you to see things as

Would it perturb you to see things as they are? To gaze at the world tranquilly and accept responsibility for your gaze, whatever it might see? — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The fame of heroes owes little to the

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of

Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak? — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Violence is a calm that disturbs you.

Violence is a calm that disturbs you. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Worse than not realizing the dreams of your

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: To achieve harmony in bad taste is the

To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: My heart's in my hand, and my hand

My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: They spent their time doing nothing ... they

They spent their time doing nothing ... they let intimacy fuse them. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Hell has degrees, so does love

Hell has degrees, so does love — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: There are mornings when all men experience with

There are mornings when all men experience with fatigue a flush of tenderness that makes them horny. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: I give the name violence to a boldness

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in

I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: To write is your last resort when you've

To write is your last resort when you've betrayed someone. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: It's the hour when night breaks away from

It's the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Poetry is the break (or rather the meeting

Poetry is the break (or rather the meeting at the breaking point) between the visible and the invisible. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Betrayal is beautiful.

Betrayal is beautiful. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: I don't want to disappear.

I don't want to disappear. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Anyone who has not experienced the ecstasy of

Anyone who has not experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The time for reasoning is past; now's the

The time for reasoning is past; now's the time to get steamed up and fight like mad. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: I could not take lightly the idea that

I could not take lightly the idea that people made love without me. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Ah those knock-out body fluids: blood, sperm, tears!

Ah those knock-out body fluids: blood, sperm, tears! — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: For I do not love the oppressed. I

For I do not love the oppressed. I love those whom I love, who are always handsome and sometimes oppressed but stand up and rebel — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: [Y]ou're in a fog. When you circle round,

[Y]ou're in a fog. When you circle round, you watch us live. You watch us struggle and you're envious. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: One can hear all that's going on in

One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: He did not joke, as the newspapers dared

He did not joke, as the newspapers dared report, for sarcasm is bitter and conceals ferments of despair. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to

By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: I decided to be what crime made of

I decided to be what crime made of me, — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: It's a true image, born of a false

It's a true image, born of a false spectacle. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: The most reasonable man always manages, when he

The most reasonable man always manages, when he pulls the trigger, to become a dispenser of justice. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Anyone who's never experienced the pleasure of betrayal

Anyone who's never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn't know what pleasure is. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Divine departed as she would have desired, in

Divine departed as she would have desired, in a mixture of fantasy and sordidness. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Even there, intimacy evolved its alchemy. A solemn

Even there, intimacy evolved its alchemy. A solemn marble stairway led to corridors covered with red carpets, upon which one moved noiselessly. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Slowly but surly I want to strip her

Slowly but surly I want to strip her of every kind of happiness as to make a saint of her. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: I'm homosexual ... How and why are idle

I'm homosexual ... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Beauty is the projection of ugliness and by

Beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments. — Jean Genet

Genet Quotes By Jean Genet: Power may be at the end of a

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun. — Jean Genet