acte gratuit, n.All

An Acte gratuit (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Gide's pure caprice — the act of a man who does not know what a situation is.

The Acte gratuit (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the culmination of the demand for absolute freedom — the simplest surrealist act being to go into the street, revolver in hand, and shoot at random into the crowd.