Claude Simon quotes

Life is not only full of sound and fury. It also has butterflies, flowers, art. (Claude Simon)
For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it. View quote
Claude Simon
To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective. View quote
Claude Simon
There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae. View quote
Claude Simon

Claude Simon

Occupation: Novelist
Quotes count: 4

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