Quotes by Alain Robbe Grillet

A new form will always seem more or less an absence of any form at all, since it is unconsciously judged by reference to the consecrated forms.
– Alain Robbe Grillet
The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion - that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change. To many, the solution seems simple enough: such a change being impossible, the art of the novel is dying.
– Alain Robbe Grillet