Author: Guillaume Apollinaire

Quotes

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

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