“Diciamo di ammazzare il tempo come se, purtroppo, non fosse il tempo ad ammazzare noi.”
da Le Chat noir, 25 gennaio 1890
Alphonse Allais:
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frasi
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Mi piace
Alphonse Allais frasi celebri
Alphonse Allais: Frasi in inglese
“Funeral March for the Last Rites of a Deaf Man.”
Marche Funèbre composée pour les Funérailles d'un grand homme sourd.
A piece consisting of 24 empty bars. See the score in this essay by Larry J Solomon on John Cage http://solomonsmusic.net/4min33se.htm.
“To leave is to die a little, but to die is to leave a lot.”
citation needed
Partir, c'est mourir un peu... mais mourir, c'est partir beaucoup.
A pun on the first verse of the poem Rondel de l'adieu by Edmond Haraucourt.
“First communion of chlorotic young girls in the snow.”
Première communion de jeunes filles chlorotiques par un temps de neige.
Title of an entirely white painting exhibited at Expositions des Arts Incohérents 1884-5 organised by Jules Lèvy.
See wikipedia on chlorosis, a form on anemia. Also cf. the later "white paintings" by Robert Rauschenberg.
