Max Jacob quotes

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. (Max Jacob)
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. View quote
Max Jacob
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. View quote
Max Jacob
Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake. Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a means and not as an end. View quote
Max Jacob