Gaston Bachelard quote: One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch ...

One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort.

~ Gaston Bachelard ~

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