Henri-Pierre Roché and Joë Bousquet, collectors. This article analyses the relationship of two twentienth century writers with their own collections, relationships both similar and different. No ostentation from one or the other in the act of collecting, but a very personal relationship which brings them to live with, and even thanks to the works of art and to exchange with the artists. Henri-Pierre Roché (1879-1959) considers collecting as a means of filling a sentimental gap and being close to such artists as Marcel Duchamp, having met him in New York, with whom he attempted to identify. Joë Bousquet, whose confined life we know about, experiences a sensual approach of his collection and, through it, searches for a means to understand creation and life.