Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinairewas a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 August 1880
CountryFrance
men machines legs
When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
life-is violent
How slow life is, how violent hope is.
inspiring art men
Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.
men artist want
Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.
work want smoke
I don't want to work. I want to smoke.
memories hunting wind
Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.
courage fear fall
Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We're afraid.' 'Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We will fall!' 'Come to the edge.' And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
men knowing looks
When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without knowing it.
life positive happiness
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
pushed
Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.
fear pushed
''Come to the edge,'' He said. They said, ''We are afraid.'' ''Come to the edge,'' He said. They cam. He pushed them... and they flew.