The first study for the man who wants to be a poet is knowledge of himself, complete: he searches for his soul, he inspects it, he puts it to the test, he learns it. As soon as he has learned…

Quote by Arthur Rimbaud

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Senses Quotes

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you...

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious...

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

I is another.

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a...

I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a...

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

I'm intact, and I don't give a damn.

I'm intact, and I don't give a damn.

Misfortune was my god.

Misfortune was my god.

I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.

I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...