Guillaume Apollinaire

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of read more

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He read more

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.

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed read more

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.