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Gaston Bachelard Quotes

Gaston Bachelard quotes about images

French Philosopher June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962

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Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital principle would be! And how many dreams the leftward oriented shell, or one that did not conform to the rotation of its species, would inspire! Gaston Bachelard
Sometimes the house of the future is better built, lighter and larger than all the houses of the past, so that the image of the dream house is opposed to that of the childhood home. Late in life, with indomitable courage, we continue to say that we are going to do what we have not yet done: we are going to build a house. This dream house may be merely a dream of ownership, the embodiment of everything that is considered convenient, comfortable, healthy, sound, desirable, by other people. It... Gaston Bachelard
We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams; we are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost. Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard quote: "Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that..."
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
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. Gaston Bachelard
The poetic image […] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant past resounds with echoes. Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard quote: "When the image is new, the world is new."
When the image is new, the world is new. Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard quote: "The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the..."
The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard quote: "The poetic image exists apart from causality."
The poetic image exists apart from causality. Gaston Bachelard

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