Quote of the day
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
Henri Michaux
Born: May 24, 1899
Died: October 19, 1984 (aged 85)
Bio: Henri Michaux was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian-born poet, writer, and painter who wrote in French. He later took French citizenship.
Known for:
- Misérable Miracle (1972)
- A barbarian in Asia (1949)
- Darkness Moves
- Thousand Times Broken: Three Books
- Selected writings: The space within (1951)