Occupation: Poet Birth: July 5, 1889 Death: October 11, 1963
My only politics have been friendship..
Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it..
The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, a….
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house..
One must not mistake majority for truth..
I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality..
Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail..
If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed..
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source..
Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still m….
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying..
The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation..
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas..
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper..
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul..
History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth..
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape..
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul..
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel..
Inspiration arrived as a result of profound indolence... I awoke with a start and witnessed as from a seat in a theatre, three acts of a potentially ….
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious..