Meanwhile, in 1953 I had myself written, but in chalk, on a wall
along the Rue de Seine that the patina of years had blackened, the formidable slogan ‘Never work!’ At first it was thought I was joking (the passerby
who is said to have preserved the document for posterity decided to photograph the inscription because he intended to use it for a series of humorous postcards).
Guy Debord, Attestations