"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence……" — Aime Cesaire
"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."
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15 Quotes by Aime Cesaire
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Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.
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In the whole world no poor devil is lynched, no wretch is tortured, in whom I too am not degraded…
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When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we…
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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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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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Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words…
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Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the…
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