"The poet makes himself a voyant through a……" — Arthur Rimbaud
"The poet makes himself a voyant through a long, immense reasoned deranging of all his senses. All the forms of love, of suffering, of madness; he tries to find himself, he exhausts in himself all the poisons, to keep only their quintessences."
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Arthur Rimbaud
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85 Quotes by Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud has 85 quotes on this site.
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For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage…
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And I am still alive-what though, my damnation is eternal. A man who deliberately mutilates himself is truly damned, is…
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O witches, O misery, O hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted! I contrived to purge my mind of…
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...You have to pass an exam, and the jobs that you get are either to shine shoes, or to herd…
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I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
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What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world.
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And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is…
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The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.
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Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper - both of…
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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I'm intact, and I don't give a damn.
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Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going,…
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