Stephane Mallarme
Stephane Mallarme
Stéphane Mallarmé; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth18 March 1842
CountryFrance
poetry language states
Poetry is the language of a state of crisis.
ideas poetry
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.
ideas painting paint
Paintings are painted with paint, not with ideas.
fall people facts
The reproach that superficial people formulate against Manet, that whereas once he painted ugliness, now he paints vulgarity, falls harmlessly to the ground, when we recognize the fact that he paints the truth.
night names soul
A soul trembling to sit by a hearth so bright, To exist again, it’s enough if I borrow from Your lips the breath of my name you murmur all night.
dice chance abolish
A throw of the dice will never abolish chance.
beautiful book order
The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book.
hands poetic pure
The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.
dice
All thoughts emit a throw of dice
teacher soul needs
Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.
wish sacred mystery
Everything that is sacred and that wishes to remain so must envelop itself in mystery.
inspirational education
To define is to kill. To suggest is to create.
poet abandon
Poets don't finish poems, they abandon them.
paint produce effects
Paint, not the thing but the effect which it produces.