Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Boris Vian

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French writer Boris Vian.

Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release due to their unconventional outlook.

French - Writer | March 10, 1920 - June 23, 1959

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The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52.

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One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.

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Of course, it's fun to play with Blacks.

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There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly.

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I played the trumpet a bit like a porker, I think.

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The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements.

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Les femmes et les hommes ne vivent pas sur le me" me plan. Women and men do not live according to the same design.

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Les masses ont tort et les individus toujours raison. The masses are wrong; individuals are always right.

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Faith can move mountains but let them happily fall down on the heads of other people. What's the point in moving mountains when it's so simple to climb over them?

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Chansons possibles ou impossibles

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Mais enfin, bande de critiques, les livres que vous ne comprenez pas ne vaudraient-ils pas au moins que vous les signaliez? For heaven's sake, gang of critics, don't the books which you do not understand at least deserve recognition?

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Rien n'est plus parfait, plus acheve qu'un cadavre. Nothing is more perfect, more complete than a corpse.

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Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Boris Vian

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