André Breton in his artist quotes on Surrealism - free resource, French art history

André Breton in his quotes - the artist explains Surrealism in his writings & talks - free resource for pupils, students and teachers in French art history

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Breton, the leader of French Surrealism describes in his quotes French Surrealism, and moreover the involved artists and the techniques to reach the ‘Surreal’. Included are some related images. Moreover, the complete text of his ‘Surrealist Manifesto’ of 1924 is added - in quotes.

Breton was a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist. He is famous as founder and leader of French Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du Surréalisme) of 1924 in France, in which he defined Surrealism as “pure psychic automatism”.
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Some artist-quotes of Andre Breton - as short introduction of his extended quotes in the PDF:

• ’Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or not at all.’ - quote from: Breton’s novel ‘Nadja’ (1928), the final sentence

• ’This cancer of the mind which consists of thinking all too sadly that certain things ‘are’ while others, which well might be, ‘are not’. - quote from: ‘Second Manifesto of Surrealism’, Andre Breton, 1930

• ’Pure psychic automatism, by which one seeks to express, be it verbally, in writing, or in any other manner, (is) the real working of the mind. Dictated by the unconsciousness, in the absence of any control exercised by reason, and free from aesthetic or moral preoccupations.’ - quote from his ‘Manifesto du Surréalisme’, André Breton, Paris, Editions KRA, 1929
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  links for free art-resources on French artist Andre Breton:

  • biographical notes on André Breton, Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Breton]
  • artist-quotes of ànd about Breton, Wikiquote: [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/André_Breton]
  • some pictures, related to André Breton, Wikiart: [https://www.wikiart.org/en/Search/André Breton]
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    editor: Fons Heijnsbroek / Matrozenhof (FotoDutch on Wikiquote):<br>[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:FotoDutch]