Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

Quote by Gaston Bachelard

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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out...

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out...

There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...