The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image. — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
The poetic image […] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead. — Cecil Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
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