The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. Jean Genet conquestextentfame Change image and share on social
Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it. Jean Genet agreeairbreathe Change image and share on social
Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak? Jean Genet audiencedeliciousfascination Change image and share on social
I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green. Jean Genet eyegreenhomosexual Change image and share on social
I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger. Jean Genet boldnessdangerenamored Change image and share on social
The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology. Jean Genet applicationideologyinterpretation Change image and share on social
Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun. Jean Genet endgunimage Change image and share on social
What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches. Jean Genet americanblackbranch share on social
