Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.
Source: In Ecrits, vol. 2, 1950-1953, ed. Olivier Revault d'Allones and Dominique Bouissou, 1978.
-- Francis Picabia, (Jan 22 1879-1953), French painter, illustrator, designer, editor; He was successively involved with the Cubist, Dadaist, and Surrealist movements.