Quotes by Bachelard, Gaston

The words of the world want to make sentences. >>

There is no original truth, only original error. >>

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their sp >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by >>

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never trie >>

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils somet >>

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.

Bachelard, Gaston