Breton

Breton usually refers to:

  • anything associated with Brittany, and generally;
    • the Breton people of Brittany;
    • the Breton language, a Celtic language spoken in Brittany;
    • the Breton (horse), a breed of horses; and
    • the Breton galette or crêpe, a thin buckwheat flour pancake popular in Brittany.

Breton may also refer to:

Read more about Breton:  Surname, Other Uses

Famous quotes containing the word breton:

    “Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.”
    —André Breton (1896–1966)

    “Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leave your children in the woods. Leave the substance for the shadow. Leave your easy life, leave what you are given for the future. Set off on the roads.”
    —André Breton (1896–1966)

    “In the world we live in ... everything militates in favor of things that have not yet happened, of things that will never happen again.”
    —André Breton (1896–1966)