Gaston Bachelard Quotes

Whoever lives for poetry must read everything. How often has the light Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Whoever lives for poetry must read everything. How often has the light

— Gaston Bachelard

By following “the path of reverie”-a constantly downhill path-consciousness relaxes and Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

By following “the path of reverie”-a constantly downhill path-consciousness relaxes and

— Gaston Bachelard

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful… Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful…

— Gaston Bachelard

True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it

— Gaston Bachelard

What action could bodies and substances have if they were not named Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

What action could bodies and substances have if they were not named

— Gaston Bachelard

One doesn’t read poetry while thinking of other things. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

One doesn’t read poetry while thinking of other things.

— Gaston Bachelard

A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers

— Gaston Bachelard

By listening to certain words as a child listens to the sea Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

By listening to certain words as a child listens to the sea

— Gaston Bachelard

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.

— Gaston Bachelard

It is through the intentionality of poetic imagination that the poet’s soul Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

It is through the intentionality of poetic imagination that the poet’s soul

— Gaston Bachelard

To go upstairs in the word house is to withdraw step by Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

To go upstairs in the word house is to withdraw step by

— Gaston Bachelard

One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly

— Gaston Bachelard

Nothing is forgotten in the processes of idealization. Reveries of idealization develop, Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Nothing is forgotten in the processes of idealization. Reveries of idealization develop,

— Gaston Bachelard

The psychology of the alchemist is that of reveries trying to constitute Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

The psychology of the alchemist is that of reveries trying to constitute

— Gaston Bachelard

Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be

— Gaston Bachelard

In our life as a civilized person in the industrial age, we Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

In our life as a civilized person in the industrial age, we

— Gaston Bachelard

Instead of looking for the dream in reverie, people should look for Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Instead of looking for the dream in reverie, people should look for

— Gaston Bachelard

An excess of childhood is the germ of a poem. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

An excess of childhood is the germ of a poem.

— Gaston Bachelard

The image can only be studied through the image, by dreaming images Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

The image can only be studied through the image, by dreaming images

— Gaston Bachelard

Baudelaire writes: In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Baudelaire writes: In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life

— Gaston Bachelard

In contrast to a dream a reverie cannot be recounted. To be Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

In contrast to a dream a reverie cannot be recounted. To be

— Gaston Bachelard

How is it possible not to feel that there is communication between Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

How is it possible not to feel that there is communication between

— Gaston Bachelard

We understand nature by resisting it. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

We understand nature by resisting it.

— Gaston Bachelard

The reflected world is the conquest of calm Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

The reflected world is the conquest of calm

— Gaston Bachelard

A man is a man to the extent that he is a Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

A man is a man to the extent that he is a

— Gaston Bachelard

A pretext-not a cause-is sufficient for us to enter the “solitary situation”, Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

A pretext-not a cause-is sufficient for us to enter the “solitary situation”,

— Gaston Bachelard

Childhood knows unhappiness through men. In solitude, it can relax its aches. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Childhood knows unhappiness through men. In solitude, it can relax its aches.

— Gaston Bachelard

It is a poor reverie which invites a nap. One must even Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

It is a poor reverie which invites a nap. One must even

— Gaston Bachelard

This word “description” may be disconcerting when used to refer to what Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

This word “description” may be disconcerting when used to refer to what

— Gaston Bachelard

The blank page gives us the right to dream. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

The blank page gives us the right to dream.

— Gaston Bachelard

Our house is our corner of the world. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Our house is our corner of the world.

— Gaston Bachelard

For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy

— Gaston Bachelard

Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception? Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?

— Gaston Bachelard

Daydream transports the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Daydream transports the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that

— Gaston Bachelard

To verify images kills them, and it is always more enriching to Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

To verify images kills them, and it is always more enriching to

— Gaston Bachelard

Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book

— Gaston Bachelard

If there is any realm where distinction is especially difficult, it is Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

If there is any realm where distinction is especially difficult, it is

— Gaston Bachelard

The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace

— Gaston Bachelard

Our whole childhood remains to be reimagined. In reimagining it, we have Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

Our whole childhood remains to be reimagined. In reimagining it, we have

— Gaston Bachelard

We must listen to poets. Gaston Bachelard Picture Quote

We must listen to poets.

— Gaston Bachelard

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