47 Quotes by Stéphane Mallarme

Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'huiVa-t-il nous déchirer avec un coup d'aile ivreCe lac dur oublié que hante sous le givreLe transparent glacier des vols qui n'ont pas fui !

Кад се предмету каже име, уништава се три четвртине онога уживања у песми које се састоји у постепеном погађању: наговестити и евоцирати – то је оно што машту усхићује.To name an object is to suppress three-fourths of the enjoyment of the poem which is made up of gradual discovery: to suggest it, that is the dream.

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

There is only beauty -- and it has only one perfect expression -- poetry. All the rest is a lie --except for those who live by the body, love, and, that love of the mind, friendship. For me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because its sensual delight falls back deliciously in my soul.