Saint-John Perse quotes
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“A world to be born under your footsteps...”
-- Saint-John PerseSource : Saint-John Perse (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.351, Princeton University Press
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“The poet is the one who breaks through our habits.”
-- Saint-John PerseSource : Saint-John Perse, Luigi Pirandello, Henrik Pontoppidan, Salvatore Quasimodo (1971). “St.-John Perse, Luigi Pirandello, Henrik Pontoppidan, Salvatore Quasimodo”
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“Followers of trails and of seasons, breakers of camp in the little dawn wind, seekers of watercourses over the wrinkled rind of the world, o seekers, o finders of reasons to be up and be gone.”
-- Saint-John PerseSource : Saint-John Perse, Mary Ann Caws (1982). “Selected Poems”, p.31, New Directions Publishing
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“Girl, there ain't a boy in this town who can hold a candle to Beau Vincent with his shirt off.”
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Source : A. D. Coleman (1995). “Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community”, Nazraeli Press
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