A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard on beauty
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. Gaston Bachelard on dreams
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 on home
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. Gaston Bachelard on imagination
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows. Gaston Bachelard on morning
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 on peace
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. Gaston Bachelard on poetry
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 on poetry
There is no original truth, only original error. Gaston Bachelard on truth