Paul Valery Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: October 30, 1871 - July 20, 1945
Birthday: October 30
Death: July 20
Interruption, incoherence, surprise are the ordinary conditions of our life. They have even become real needs for many people, whose minds are no longer fed by anything but sudden changes and constantly renewed stimuli. We can no longer bear anything that lasts. We no longer know how to make boredom bear fruit. So the whole question comes down to this: can the human mind master what the human mind has made?
topic: Real, Boredom, People, Incoherence, Sudden Change
