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Gaston Bachelard Quotes

1884–1962 France

Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher of science and literary critic.

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Also known as: Bachelard, Gaston

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A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.

La poétique de la rêverie (The Poetics of Reverie) (1960)

Man is an imagining being.

La poétique de la rêverie (The Poetics of Reverie) (1960)

Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life.... Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world.

La poétique de la rêverie (The Poetics of Reverie) (1960)

One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort.

Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (1988)

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.

La poétique de la rêverie (The Poetics of Reverie) (1960)

A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books

Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (1988)

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