Quotes by Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

Explore a curated collection of 16 quotes by Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its prepara — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
We must listen to poets. — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Here is Menard's own intimate forest: 'Now I am traversed by bridle paths, under the seal of sun and shade...I live in g — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Here the phenomenologist has nothing in common with the literary critic who, as has frequently been noted, judges a work — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Sometimes the house of the future is better built, lighter and larger than all the houses of the past, so that the image — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Rilke wrote: 'These trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them, as th — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them t — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, t — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Therefore, the places in which we have experienced day dreaming reconstitute themselves in a new daydream, and it is bec — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Therefore, the places in which we have experienced daydreaming reconstitute themselves in a new daydream, and it is beca — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Would a bird build its nest if it did not have its instinct for confidence in the world? — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
When the image is new, the world is new. — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
A creature that hides and “withdraws into its shell,” is preparing a “way out.” This is true of the entire scale of meta — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates. — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Wolves in shells are crueler than stray ones. — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space