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161 " Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. "
― Gaston Bachelard
162 " And for a dreamer of words, what calm there is in the word round. How peacefully it makes one's mouth, lips, and the being of breath become round. Because this too should be spoken by a philosopher who believes in the poetic substance of speech. "
― Gaston Bachelard , The Poetics of Space
163 " Needless to say, all the poet really sees is a tree in a meadow; he is not thinking of a legendary Yggdrasill that would concentrate the entire cosmos, uniting heaven and earth, within itself. But the imagination of round being follows its own law: since, as the poet says, the walnut tree is "proudly rounded," it can feast upon "heaven's great dome." The world is round around the round being.And from verse to verse, the poem grows, increases its being. The tree is alive, reflective, straining toward God.Dieu lui va apparaitreOr, pour qu'il soit surIl developpe en rond son etreEt lui tend des bras murs.Arbre qui peut-etrePense au-dedans.Arbre qui se domineSe donnant lentementLa forme qui elimineLes hasards du vent!(One day it will see GodAnd so, to be sure,It develops its being in roundnessAnd holds out ripe arms to Him.Tree that perhapsThinks innerlyTree that dominates selfSlowly giving itselfThe form that eliminatesHazards of wind! "
164 " الفن، هو إثراء لخصوبة الحياة، ونوع من المناقشة بين أنواع الدهشة التي تنبه وعينا وتمنعه من الخدر "
165 " هنالك أطفال يتخلون عن اللعب لينصرفوا إلى زاوية في حجرة السطح يمارسون ضجرهم فيها. لكم أشتاق إلى علية ضجري عندما تجعلني تعقيدات الحياة أفقد بذرة الحرية ذاتها! "
166 " ـ"اننا نريح أنفسنا من خلال أن نعايش مرة أخرى ذكريات الحماية...لسنا مؤرخين، بل نحن أقرب إلى الشعراء، وقد تكون انفعالاتنا ليست إلا تعبير عن الشعر الذي فقدناه" ـ "