(1902–1981)
Mauritian writer, aphorist, and painter
Malcolm de Chazal
Nothing is more incisive than extreme cold. As we now cut iron with an acetylene torch, some day when we shall have completely harnessed the cold, tools will be unnecessary and we’ll saw wood with a blade of cold.
Sens-Plastique (Los Angeles: Green Integer, 2008), 123.
Where an adult uses his fingers, a child uses the palm of its hand, respectively the carpentry and masonry of gesture.
Sens-Plastique, trans. by Irving Weiss (Los Angeles: Green Integer, 2008), 254–55.
Roses on the bush are sisters on the plant and first cousins in the vase. As one might expect, something of their common character has passed into the vase—thinning out their kinship.
Sens-Plastique, trans. by Irving Weiss (Los Angeles: Green Integer, 2008), 141.