Poetry Quote by Gaston Bachelard — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance could be followed.”

“Here is Menard's own intimate forest: 'Now I am traversed by bridle paths, under the seal of sun and shade...I live in great density...Shelter lures me. I slump down into the thick foliage...In the forest, I am my entire self. Everything is possible in my heart just as it is in the hiding places in ravines. Thickly wooded distance separates me from moral codes and cities.”

“We must listen to poets.”

“Who could have foretold”

“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two”

“I’ll tell you how we’re wrong enough to be forgiven. How one night, after backhanding mother, then taking a chain saw to the kitchen table, my father went to kneel in the bathroom until we heard his muffled cries through the walls. & so I learned—that a man in climax was the closest thing”

“I learned a world from each / one whom I loved”

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It's what everything else isn't.”

“I long for scenes where man hath never trod”