Quotes by Stphane Mallarm

“There is only beauty / and it has only one perfect expression / poetry. All the rest is a lie /except for those who live by the body, love, and, that love of the mind, friendship. For me, Poetry ta...”

“The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book.”

“I should point out, creating one's own style, as much as is required to illustrate one of the aspects, the golden seam of language, involves beginning again at once, in a different manner, adopting...”

“Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.”

“The flesh is sad, alas, and I have read all the books.”

“The world exists to end up in a book.”

“Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.”

“The poet Mallarm listened to the painter Degas complaining about his inability to write poems even though he was full of ideas. My dear Degas, Mallarm responded, poems are not made out of ideas. Th...”

“From golden showers of the ancient skies,On the first day, and the eternal snow of stars,You once unfastened giant calyxesFor the young earth still innocent of scars:Young gladioli with the necks o...”