The Poet makes himself a seer through a long, vast and painstaking derangement of all the senses.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDGenius is the recovery of childhood at will.
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn’t he?
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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As for me, I am intact; and I don’t care.
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I could never throw Love out of the window.
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I shed more tears than God could ever have required.
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The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.
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In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels.
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Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.
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True life is elsewhere.
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I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
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Yet this is the watch by night. Let us all accept new strength, and real tenderness. And at dawn, armed with glowing patience, we will enter the cities of glory.
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I may die of earthly love, or of devotion.
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The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea.
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To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
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