Rene Char Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: June 14, 1907 - February 19, 1988
Birthday: June 14
Death: February 19
famous quotes
source: - René Char (2004). “This Smoke that Carried Us: Selected Poems”, White Pine Press (NY)
Topics: Heart, Winter, Bird, Windowpane, Embers
For an inheritance to be really great, the hand of the defunct must not be seen.
Topics: Hands, Inheritance, Really Great
I believe in the magic and authority of words.
source: - "This smoke that carried us". Book by René Char, 2004.
Be gful to the man who cares nothing for your remorse. You are his equal.
Topics: Forgiveness, Men, Care
How can we live without the unknown before us?
source: - René Char, Mary Ann Caws (1992). “Selected Poems of René Char”, p.39, New Directions Publishing
source: - René Char (1954). “Leaves of Hypnos (extracts): And Lettera Amorosa”
A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.
source: - "The French-American Review" by Texas Christian University, p. 132, 1976.
Topics: Reality, Imagination, Magic, Subversive
Topics: Struggle, Writing, Heart, Windowpane
