Quotes by Diderot, Denis

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, >>

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness. >>

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, tha >>

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle o >>

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into >>

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Diderot, Denis