“One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up.”

About René Daumal

Writer • French

René Daumal was a prominent French surrealist writer, poet, and philosopher. He was a key figure in the literary group 'Le Grand Jeu' before distancing himself from surrealism. Influenced by his study of Hinduism and...