‘Everything happens and everything happens at the same time. We think everything at the same time. That’s the Deathless Dying of the World. Western thinking. We accept that we should only think of one thing at the time. The idea is that when, for example, I’m in Venice (I’ve never been in Venice), then at the same time I think it’s pretty, it’s shit, I don’t care. Why? When? What does it have to do with me? I’ll go back next year. It’s a pity I’m not with some pretty Italian girl. I think about everything at the same time. That’s the Deathless Dying of the World. I wrote The Deathless Dying of the World, a play that changes all the time. Right until the end of the world, there will always be difference. As soon as I had written it [in 1960] I decided to present it in the form of a poster with the whole text. It’s a very important date, because it was the first visual thing I did. And afterwards I developed in the direction you know.’
- Robert Filliou