Gaston Bachelard

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of read more

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.rn

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the read more

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

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

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

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.