Guillaume Apollinaire

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.

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

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

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.

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

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