Quote of Gaston Bachelard - Poetry is one of the destinies...
Biography - Gaston Bachelard:
French philosopher.
Born: 1884 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1884 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
See also...
Quotes about the future:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Quotes about poetry:
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Quotes for: Language
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