Gaston Bachelard Quote

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)


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...