Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature’s monotony.
About Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinairewas a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Polish descent.
Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism.
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Joy always came after pain.
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I hate artists who are not of their time.
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Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.
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The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
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Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
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Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature’s monotony.
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I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.
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It’s raining my soul, it’s raining, but it’s raining dead eyes.
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One can’t carry one’s father’s corpse about everywhere.
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When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
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A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
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