"Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots,……" — Aime Cesaire
"Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders."
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15 Quotes by Aime Cesaire
Aime Cesaire has 15 quotes on this site.
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Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.
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I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich…
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It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath…
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Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.
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I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic…
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Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me.…
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There's room for everyone at the rendezvous of victory.
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Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of…
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And let me die suddenly, to be born again in the revelation of beauty....And the revelation of beauty is the…
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