Raymond Radiguet

Raymond Radiguet (1903 – 1923) was a French novelist and poet.

Quotes

 * L'originalité consiste à essayer de faire comme tout le monde sans y parvenir.
 * Translation: Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.
 * As quoted by Jean Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Française (20 October 1955)


 * Tout âge porte ses fruits, il faut savoir les cueillir.
 * Translation: Every age bears its fruits, it's all in knowing how to harvest them.
 * Raymond Radiguet: Le bal du comte d'Orgel. Paris 1924. P. 15.


 * Les manoeuvres inconscientes d'une âme pure sont encore plus singulières que les combinaisons du vice
 * Translation: The uncounscious actions of a pure soul are even more strange than the vice's schemes.
 * Raymond Radiguet: Le bal du comte d'Orgel. Paris 1924. P. 1.