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Great Quotes by Gaston Bachelard
- The human being taken in his profound reality as well as in his great tension of becoming is a divided being, a being which divides…
- The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.
- Nothing is forgotten in the processes of idealization. Reveries of idealization develop, not by letting oneself be taken in by memories, but by constantly dreaming…
- A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers together numerous psychological elements. These elements become coherent through a sort of psychological…
- The reverie we intend to study is poetic reverie. This is a reverie which poetry puts on the right track, the track an expanding consciousness…
- Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has…
- Here is Menard's own intimate forest: 'Now I am traversed by bridle paths, under the seal of sun and shade...I live in great density...Shelter lures…
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