One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort.


A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books - Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (1988)

Gaston Bachelard Quotes

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of...