We do not write poems with ideas, but with words.


In French:Ce n'est pas avec des idées qu'on fait des vers, c'est avec des mots.

Psychologie de l'art (1927) by Henri Delacroix, p. 93

Also in: From Paul Valéry, Degas, Danse, Dessin (1936)


We do not write poems with ideas, but with words.

We do not write poems with ideas, but with words.

We do not write poems with ideas, but with words.

We do not write poems with ideas, but with words.