Knives Quote by Rene Char

“Midnight is not in everyman's reach.”

— René Char

A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.

— Rene Char

How can we live without the unknown before us?

— Rene Char

“In my land we don't question someone who has been touched deeply. There is no malign shadow over capsized boats.”

— René Char

Be gful to the man who cares nothing for your remorse. You are his equal.

— Rene Char

“Ihminen vailla puutteita on vuori vailla rotkoja.”

— René Char

Imagination consists in expelling from reality several incomplete persons, and then using the magic and subversive powers of desire to bring them back in…

— Rene Char

“A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proof.”

— René Char

“The poet advises: 'Read me. Read me again.' He does not always come away unscathed from his page, but like the poor, he knows…

— René Char

To be a poet is to have an appetite for a certain anxiety which, when tasted among the swirling sum of things existent or…

— Rene Char

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

— Rene Char

Develop your legitimate strangeness.

— Rene Char