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“The poetic image […] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant past resounds with echoes.”

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Gaston Bachelard

French philosopher known for his work in epistemology, poetics, and the philosophy of science. His writings have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy, particularly in understanding human cognition and the scientific method. more

“Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital principle would be! And how many dreams the leftward oriented shell, or one that did not conform to the rotation of its species, would inspire!”

Dream Would Be Principles Inspire Species Reaching Subtle Shells Conform Insidious Rotation

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“Daydream transports the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity.”

World Bears Mark Infinity Dreamer Daydreaming Transport

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life... Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world.”

World Life Helping Lasts Childhood Poet Return Adults Permanent Broads Sections

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“The poetic image exists apart from causality.”

Poetic Causality

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.”

Dream Memories Creativity Function Awakening Poetry Is

Book:On poetic imagination and reverie: selections from the works of Gaston Bachelard

Source: On poetic imagination and reverie: selections from the works of Gaston Bachelard

“Our house is our corner of the world.”

World House Corners Corners Of The World

Author:Gaston Bachelard

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