4 Quotes by Paul Valéry about poetry

  • Author Paul Valéry
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    Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.

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  • Author Paul Valéry
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    If what has happened in the one person were communicated directly to the other, all art would collapse, all the effects of art would disappear.

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