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Gaston Bachelard (1884 – 1962)


French philosopher of science and literary critic.
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Gaston Bachelard
The mollusk's motto would be: one must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.
Bachelard quotes
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
Bachelard
The words of the world want to make sentences.




Bachelard Gaston quotes
Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
Bachelard Gaston
True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.
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