Looking at Artaud things on google books, came across this thing of surrealists conversing, extracted some for you:
RAYMOND QUENEAU: The other day I was asked: 'Do you believe that there is a woman who is your destiny?'  What does Artaud think?
ANTONIN ARTAUD: I've never believed anything else.  I think it's highly probable that I'll never meet her.
ANDRE BRETON: What is this virtual notion of destiny?  If you are not going to meet this woman, how can you say that she is destined for you?
ANTONIN ARTAUD: I will necessarily meet her, but perhaps not in this life.  I would add that I have a very low opinion of this woman!
 . . . 
(soon Artaud leaves for reasons undisclosed)
. . .
RAYMOND QUENEAU:  What would you feel about seeing a woman urinate?
ANDRE BRETON:  If it's a woman I love, it could only be very pleasant.
YVES TANGUY:  Very, very pleasant.
MARCEL DUHAMEL:  Very exciting.
BENJAMIN PERET:  Very pretty to watch, and pleasantly musical.
RAYMOND QUENEAU:  It's very good.
JACQUES PREVERT: I agree.
PIERRE UNIK:  It's never happened to me.
BENJAMIN PERET:  What does Duhamel think about hearing a woman fart?
MARCEL DUHAMEL:  It was one of the most unpleasant things I could remember when it happened to me a long time ago.  Now, I don't think it would bother me.
RAYMOND QUENEAU:  No opinion.
JACQUES PREVERT:  The less often the better.
ANDRE BRETON:  Appalled by it.
YVES TANGUY: I don't care.
BENJAMIN PERET:  Very unpleasant.
PIERRE UNIK: It must be very unpleasant.
. . . 
RAYMOND QUENEAU:  What do you think of rape?
BENJAMIN PERET: Absolutely opposed to it.
YVES TANGUY:  Very, very good.
ANDRE BRETON: Absolutely hostile to it.
RAYMOND QUENEAU:  It's the only thing that appeals to me.
MARCEL DUHAMEL:  It doesn't appeal to me.
JACQUES PREVERT: I find it legitimate.
PIERRE UNIK:  I am against it.
Love, Urination, Rape
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Marvelous stuff. What a find.
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