Daniel Gerard Rouzier paid him such a beautiful tribute. And then the press will also talk about him. So I will simply say that, since Sunday morning, I have been living with deep sorrow after learning of the death of Patrick Vilaire, an exceptional, multifaceted man, an artist people called Engineer Patrick. His works fascinated me. I spoke to him about his work without complimenting him. That would have offended his great modesty, the modesty one could sense in the images that were published of him. I did not like those images, but the truth is that it is difficult to portray a genius.

A dialogue developed between us, and when he began his project on death, he shared his sketches and models with me, and I thus had the privilege of watching his impressive sculptures come to life.