Paul Valery
Paul Valery
Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valérywas a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction, his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. Valéry was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 October 1871
CountryFrance
genius talent
Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.
chance belief has-beens
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
photography names vision
To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.
inspirational differences mutual
Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.
psychics ironic empowerment
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
order history study
I thought it necessary to study history, even to study it deeply, in order to obtain a clear meaning of our immediate time.
spiritual loneliness drinking
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
reign doe conscience
Conscience reigns but it does not govern.
mean people
My poems mean what people take them to mean.
talking expression apologizing
We must always apologize for talking painting.
strong stupidity suits
Stupidity is not my strong suit.
oracles folly built
The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.
motive settlement treaties
The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives.
way bears degas
What Degas called 'a way of seeing' must consequently bear a wide enough interpretation to include way of being, power, knowledge, and will.