“ Baudelaire writes: In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life is entirely revealed in the spectacle, however ordinary, that we have before our eyes, and which becomes the symbol of… Gaston Bachelard
“ A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. Gaston Bachelard
“ Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has a cellar and a garret, nooks and corridors, our memories have refuges that are a… Gaston Bachelard
“ Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. Gaston Bachelard
“ Childhood is a human water, a water which comes out of the shadows. This childhood in the mists and glimmers, this life in the slowness of limbo gives us a certain layer of births. What a lot of being… Gaston Bachelard
“ A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
“ Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event Gaston Bachelard
“ Words are little houses, each with its cellar and garret. Common-sense lives on the ground floor, always ready to engage in "foreign commerce" on the same level as the others, as the passers-by, who a… Gaston Bachelard
“ 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 pha… Gaston Bachelard
“ 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
“ Contemplating a flame perpetuates a primordial reverie. It separates us from the world and enlarges our world as dreamers. In itself the flame is a major presence, but being close to it makes us dream… Gaston Bachelard
“ 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
“ If I were a psychiatrist, I should advise my patients who suffer from anguish to read this poem of Baudelaire's whenever an attack seems imminent. Very gently, they should pronounce Baudelaire's key w… Gaston Bachelard
“ Therefore, the places in which we have experienced day dreaming reconstitute themselves in a new daydream, and it is because our memories of former dwelling-places are relived as day-dreams these dwel… Gaston Bachelard
“ How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, temptation, desire, security, welcome and respect. If one were to give an account… Gaston Bachelard
