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

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.

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...

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...

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

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 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...

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...

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...

One single true word: it is, COME BACK. I want to be with you, I...

One single true word: it is, COME BACK. I want to be with you, I...

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...

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...

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

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 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...

Misfortune was my god.

Misfortune was my god.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

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

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

I is another.