The Poet makes himself a seer through a long, vast and painstaking derangement of all the senses.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDWhat an old maid I’m getting to be. Lacking the courage to be in love with death!
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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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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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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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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Faith assuages, guides, restores.
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Your memory and your senses will be nourishment for your creativity.
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The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.
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True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’.
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Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!
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Eternity. It is the sea mingled with the sun.
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I could never throw Love out of the window.
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Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn’t he?
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What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you?
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What an old maid I’m getting to be. Lacking the courage to be in love with death!
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Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
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