“‘Agiter le peuple avant de s’en servir.”
Charles-Maurice Talleyrand
“My father was a deeply sentimental man. And like all sentimental men, he was also very cruel.”
Ernest Hemingway
By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing… Kill yourself.
No, no, no it’s just a little thought. I’m just trying to plant seeds. Maybe one day, they’ll take root – I don’t know. You try, you do what you can. Kill yourself.
Seriously though, if you are, do.
Aaah, no really, there’s no rationalization for what you do and you are Satan’s little helpers.
Okay – kill yourself – seriously.
You are the ruiner of all things good, seriously.
No this is not a joke, you’re going, “there’s going to be a joke coming” there’s no fucking joke coming.
You are Satan’s spawn filling the world with bile and garbage.
You are fucked and you are fucking us.
Kill yourself.
It’s the only way to save your fucking soul, kill yourself.
Planting seeds.
I know all the marketing people are going, “he’s doing a joke…” there’s no joke here whatsoever.
Suck a tail-pipe, fucking hang yourself, borrow a gun from a Yank friend – I don’t care how you do it.
Rid the world of your evil fucking machinations. Machi… Whatever, you know what I mean.
I know what all the marketing people are thinking right now too, “Oh, you know what Bill’s doing, he’s going for that anti-marketing dollar. That’s a good market, he’s very smart.”
Oh man, I am not doing that. You fucking evil scumbags!
“Ooh, you know what Bill’s doing now, he’s going for the righteous indignation dollar. That’s a big dollar. A lot of people are feeling that indignation. We’ve done research – huge market. He’s doing a good thing.”
Goddammit, I’m not doing that, you scum-bags!
Quit putting a goddamn dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!
“Ooh, the anger dollar. Huge. Huge in times of recession. Giant market, Bill’s very bright to do that.”
God, I’m just caught in a fucking web.
“Ooh the trapped dollar, big dollar, huge dollar. Good market – look at our research. We see that many people feel trapped. If we play to that and then separate them into the trapped dollar…”
How do you live like that? And I bet you sleep like fucking babies at night, don’t you?
“Eh bien voilà : tant que j’ai pu, j’ai bu, j’ai mangé, j’ai fait l’amour, j’ai quitté la Pologne plate et grise pour votre Italie; j’ai étudié, j’ai appris, j’ai voyagé et j’ai vu. J’ai tenu les yeux bien ouverts, je n’ai pas perdu une miette; j’ai été zélé, je ne crois pas qu’on aurait pu faire plus ni mieux. Ca m’a réussi, j’ai accumulé beaucoup de bien, et ce bien n’a pas disparu, il est en moi, en lieu sûr : je ne le laisse pas moisir. Je l’ai conservé. Personne ne peut me l’enlever. Et puis je me suis retrouvé ici : je suis ici depuis vingt mois, et depuis vingt mois je tiens mes comptes. Ca cadre, j’ai une bonne marge d’actif devant moi. Pour déranger ma comptabilité il faudrait encore plusieurs mois de camp, ou plusieurs jours de torture. (…)
Donc, dans la regrettable éventualité où l’un de vous deux me survivrait, vous pourrez raconter que Léon Rappoport a eu sa part, qu’il n’a laissé ni dettes, ni créances, qu’il n’a pas pleuré et n’a pas demandé pitié.”
Currently reading Lilith by Primo Levi
“La joie de l’âme est dans l’action.”
– Hubert Lyautey
“Quand on regarde quelqu’un, on n’en voit que la moitié.”
From movie “La Discrète”
” Personne autour de moi, jamais, ne s’est rendu compte à quel point j’aurais pu être malheureux si je l’avais voulu. »
– Guitry
Earlier this year I designed my friend Sharon Lewis new album sleeve and booklet. I’ve been a fan of Sharon’s work for ages and it was an honour when she asked me to make the illustration for her new music.
Every song on this album is heartbreakingly beautiful and I have a lot of respect for a self-produced artist. You can listen to a couple of songs here and order the album here
Il faut nous aimer sur terre,
il faut nous aimer vivants
Ne crois pas au cimetière
il faut nous aimer avant.
– Paul Fort
Being a parent is being an example all day, every day.