Author: Gaston Bachelard

Quotes

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

- Gaston Bachelard

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

- Gaston Bachelard

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

- Gaston Bachelard

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

- Gaston Bachelard

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

- Gaston Bachelard

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

- Gaston Bachelard

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

- Gaston Bachelard

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

- Gaston Bachelard

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

- Gaston Bachelard

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