“Desire, desire which knows, we draw no advantage from our shadows except from some veritable sovereignties accompanied by invisible flames, invisible chains, which, coming to light, step after step, cause us to shine.” — René Char Copy Share Image
A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams. — Rene Char Copy Share Image
“In my land we don't question someone who has been touched deeply. There is no malign shadow over capsized boats.” — René Char Copy Share Image
Be gful to the man who cares nothing for your remorse. You are his equal. — Rene Char Copy Share Image
Imagination consists in expelling from reality several incomplete persons, and then using the magic and subversive powers of desire to bring them back in… — Rene Char Copy Share Image
“The poet advises: 'Read me. Read me again.' He does not always come away unscathed from his page, but like the poor, he knows… — René Char Copy Share Image
To be a poet is to have an appetite for a certain anxiety which, when tasted among the swirling sum of things existent or… — Rene Char Copy Share Image
“The poem is furious ascension; poetry, the game of arid riverbanks. I am a man of riverbanks – excavation and inflammation – not always… — René Char Copy Share Image
