"I swivel in my desk chair and catch sight of a book I particularly like on the mantelpiece: François Jullien’s Conférence sur l’efficacité. I open it at random at page 55. Jullien is discussing action and transformation. The Western world favors action while the East prefers transformation. I read a few lines. I’ve got my angle: the art of transformation. Hands at work are hands involved in every form of transformation."
— Jean-Claude Ellena, The Diary of a Nose