Stephane Mallarme

“Poetry is the language of a state of crisis.”

“The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.”

“In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.”

“The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.”