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Alphonse Allais
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Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French satirist.
Quotes
Partir, c'est mourir un peu... mais mourir, c'est partir beaucoup.
To leave is to die a little, but to die is to leave a lot.
A pun on the first verse of the poem Rondel de l'adieu by Edmond Haraucourt.
Première communion de jeunes filles chlorotiques par un temps de neige.
First communion of chlorotic young girls in the snow.
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.
Marche Funèbre composée pour les Funérailles d'un grand homme sourd.
Funeral March for the Last Rites of a Deaf Man.
A piece consisting of 24 empty bars. See the score in this essay by Larry J Solomon on John Cage.
External links
Category:Artists from France
Category:Satirists from France
Category:Humorists
Category:1905 deaths