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

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Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have...

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De temps à autre, il est bon de faire une pause dans notre quête du bonheur et d'être simplement heu...

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J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyèreL'automne est morte souviens-t'enNous ne nous verrons plus sur terreO...

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Alcools

Horse[Man you will find herea new representation of the universeat its most poetic and most modernMa...

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Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War

Vase[Why weep Come back tomorrow There are also poisonous flowers and flowers always open in the eve...

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Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War

Without poets, without artists... everything would fall apart into chaos. There would be no more sea...

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Selected Writings

Come to the edge, He said.They said: We are afraid.Come to the edge, He said.They came. He pushed th...

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You alone in Europe are not ancient oh ChristianityThe most modern European is you Pope Pius XAnd yo...

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Oh ParisFrom red to green all the yellow dies awayParis Vancouver Hyeres Maintenon New York and the ...

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People quickly grow accustomed to being the slaves of mystery.

The Cubist Painters

Joy came always after pain.

All the words I have to say have turned into stars.

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

Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowdAs herds of bellowing buses drive byLove's anguis...

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Guillaume Apollinaire

Poet

Born: 1880-08-25

Died: 1918-11-09

Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent who was hugely influential as a Modernist poet and as a spokesman for the Cubist painters. His original name appears in many forms along the lines of Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky or Wąż-Kostrowicki.More