Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Quote by Guillaume Apollinaire

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Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.

It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

Joy always came after pain.

Joy always came after pain.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I...

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I...

I hate artists who are not of their time.

I hate artists who are not of their time.

When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which...

When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which...

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification...

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification...

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.

One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually...

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do...

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do...

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.