Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

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.^{[citation needed]}
  • 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.