Quote by: Gaston Bachelard

Reveries of idealization develop, not by letting oneself be taken in by memories, but by constantly dreaming the values of a being whom one would love. And that is the way a great dreamer dreams his double. His magnified double sustains him." - Gaston Bachelard, "Reveries on Reverie (Anima - Animus)", The Poetics of Reverie: Childhood, Language, and the Cosmos, Page 88


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Author Bio


  • NameGaston Bachelard
  • DescriptionFrench writer and philosopher
  • BornJune 27, 1884
  • DiedOctober 16, 1962
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Poet; Writer