When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.

Quote by Guillaume Apollinaire

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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...

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

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

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...

Joy always came after pain.

Joy always came after pain.

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

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

I hate artists who are not of their time.

I hate artists who are not of their time.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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