Blogs about: Paul Valery
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Marginalia, no.55
A civilization has the same fragility as a life. ~ Paul Valéry, Crisis of the Mind Valéry was looking over the wreckage of the First World War. Today’s announcers of doom are still heralding the imma… more →
The New Psalmanazar
love, doubts and running.
BeautifulMess wrote 2 weeks ago: Love is being stupid together. – Paul Valery If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming t … more →
maurice blanchot on authorial anxiety and the inevitability of writing
peter wrote 1 month ago: Maurice Blanchot conceives of the author’s relation to the book as one of incomprehension, inevitabl … more →
De Gaulle: Surpised to Be Believed; and Other Political Quotations
O. wrote 2 months ago: For Friday, here is some lighter fare–a few short quotations about politics and language. All … more →
Effigy
awildslimalien wrote 3 months ago: Well, the underlining to make a point is still in effect – straining too hard to be heard – th … more →
It's easy to do
Lissy wrote 4 months ago: “Love is being stupid together.” - Paul Valery … more →
The world needs the waking focus of our deepest dreamers.
nexusofnow wrote 4 months ago: My calendar today says it best, courtesy of a French poet and philosopher: The best way to make your … more →
love.
BeautifulMess wrote 5 months ago: Love is being stupid together. – Paul Valery … more →
"Quickest way to make your dream come true...
givemewisdom wrote 5 months ago: …is to find someone who needs it more than you and give it to them.” Ashton Kutcher twee … more →
systematic randomness...
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lingeringlavaclouds wrote 5 months ago: Here are some quotes and thoughts that have come up in my classes this semester thus far that have t … more →
Marginalia, no.55
Ian Wolcott wrote 6 months ago: A civilization has the same fragility as a life. ~ Paul Valéry, Crisis of the Mind Valéry was lookin … more →
Paul Valéry's Crisis of the Mind (1919)
Seesaw wrote 7 months ago: We later civilizations . . . we too know that we are mortal. We had long heard tell of whole worlds … more →
Dreamers awake
designscene wrote 8 months ago: “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” - Paul Valery … more →
sensual intellects
pensum wrote 8 months ago: In her Journal, [Catherine Pozzi] recorded the harrowing circumstances in which the poem was written … more →
"Not Rilke, Not Yeats, Nor Anyone Else"
DB wrote 8 months ago: Paul Valery is very cool again. “The ultimate French intellectual?” by Paul Gifford from … more →
Writers: Making language work for the reader
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Les Stewart wrote 10 months ago: VOLTAIRE “That nasty man who did so much good.” Paul Valéry Is it because Voltaire wasn … more →
Minimally Effortless Signs
artlovesmoney wrote 10 months ago: Paul Valery (1871-1945): Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far of … more →
பால் வெலரி-Paul Valery:An introduction-Brammarajan
brammarajan wrote 11 months ago: பால் வெலரி (1871-1945)* கவிதையை விட கவிதை உருவாகும் முறை பற்றிய ஓய்வற்ற சிந்தனைக்காகவும் மனம் இயங்கு … more →
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
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karynmannix wrote 1 year ago: Paul Valery Valéry was born of a Corsican father and Genoese mother in Sète, a town on the Mediterra … more →
¿Para qué sirve la literatura? (II/III)
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Gastón García M. wrote 1 year ago: Editorial Acantilado publica estos días en España el nuevo libro de Antoine Compagnon, surgido de la … more →
