Quote of Gaston Bachelard - The great function of poetry is...
Biography - Gaston Bachelard:
French philosopher.
Born: 1884 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1884 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.
See also...
Quotes for: dream
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Quotes about poetry:
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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