Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler,
ne mérite ni égard ni patience.

WHAT COMES INTO THE WORLD TO DISTURB NOTHING
MERITS NEITHER ATTENTION NOR PATIENCE.

—RENE CHAR (1948)

ART DOES NOT REPRODUCE THE VISIBLE;
RATHER, IT MAKES VISIBLE.

—PAUL KLEE

Les absents ont toujours tort.

THOSE WHO ARE ABSENT ARE ALWAYS WRONG.

—PHILIPPE NERICAULT DESTOUCHES (1717)