Guillaume Apollinaire

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

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

French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great read more

French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great traditions, only it is full of life.

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed read more

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of read more

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.