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Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.
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.
The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.... (more Stephane Mallarme quotes)
| A Throw of the Dice: The Life of Stephane Mallarme by Gordan Millan | |
| To Purify the Words of the Tribe : The Major Verse Poems of Stephane Mallarme by Stephane Mallarme and Daisy Aldan | |
| Stephane Mallarme Collected Poems Translated And With A Commentary by Henry Weinfield by Stéphane Mallarmé |