Paul Claudel
Paul Claudel
Paul Claudelwas a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptress Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Claudel was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in six different years...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 August 1868
CountryFrance
Paul Claudel quotes about
delight
Intelligence is nothing without delight.
wine glasses champagne-drinking
Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.
numbers people convince
Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.
christian children wine
The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.
thanks poet all-things
You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.
expression dignity parables
All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.
injustice animated inequality
The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.