To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything. Between what I do recognize and what I do not recognize there stands myself. And what I do not recognize I shall continue not to recognize.
Source: Surrealism and Painting, 1928.
-- Andre Breton, (Feb 18 1896-1966), French poet, essayist, critic, editor; He was the chief promoter and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.