Autoportrait Quotes

“Everything interests me a priori, but not a posteriori.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“At a public urinal the presence of a neighbor delays my micturition.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I wonder how the obese make love.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I had an idea for an Amish punk band.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I remember what people tell me better than what I said.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I don't talk much about women I go out with, but I like hearing my friends talk about the women they go out with.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I spend a lot of time reading, but I do not consider myself a big reader. On my shelves I count as many books read as unfinished.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I do not fight. I have never punched anyone.

I have stolen books once and once some paperclips, without really knowing why.

I almost killed three passengers in my car by looking for a cassette in the glove compartment while I was going one-eighty on the highway. I wanted to write a book entitled 'In the car', made up of remarks recorded while driving.

I have never filed a complaint with the police.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“Presents make me feel awkward, whether I am the giver or the receiver, unless they are the right ones, which is rare.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“yalnızca bir kez yalan söylemeden, "ölüyorum" diyebileceğim. yaşamımın en güzel günü belki de geçti.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I have smoked so much I felt sick. I will not lose my eyesight, I will not lose my hearing, I will not wet myself, I will not forget who I am, I will die first.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I write in bed. I prefer going to bed to getting up, but I prefer living to dying.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I cannot name one hundredth of the components of my body. I perceive only my bones that ache. I made a series of pictures based on things that came out of my body or grew on it: whiskers, hair, nails, semen, urine, shit, saliva, mucus, tears, sweat, pus, blood.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I write less and less with a pen, more and more on a computer.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I am not an expert in anything. I form very few hard and fast judgements about politics, the economy, and international affairs. International news, even dramatic news, leaves me pretty much indifferent, I feel guilty about that.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“I have never made much money, but this hasn't bothered me. I don't care what I'm paid. I have never had a shared bank account. I do not keep track of how much money is in my bank account. I am not stingy, I admire money well spent. I am not saving for my retirement. I have lived for several years without insurance.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait

“Mitleid zu empfinden macht mich traurig, aber das Objekt des Mitleids anderer zu sein macht mich noch trauriger.”
― Édouard Levé, Autoportrait