Guillaume Apollinaire

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

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

Come to the edgeHe said. They said: We are afraid.Come to the edgeHe said. They came.He pushed them, andthey flew...

Come to the edgeHe said. They said: We are afraid.Come to the edgeHe said. They came.He pushed them, andthey flew...

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be
happy.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be
happy.