Quotes by Guillaume Apollinaire

About Guillaume Apollinaire:

Guillaume Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. His novels were mostly erotic.
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People quickly grow accustomed to being the slaves of mystery.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Vase [Why weep Come back tomorrow There are also poisonous flowers and flowers always open in the evening she loves the cinema she has been in Russia Love married with disdain Pearl-studded watch a trip to Montrouge Maisons- Lafitte and everything fi...

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Horse [Man you will find here a new representation of the universe at its most poetic and most modern Man man man man man man Give yourself up to this art where the sublime does not exclude charm and brilliancy does not blur the nuance it is now or n...

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A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

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Je souhaite dans ma maison: Une femme ayant sa raison. Un chat passant parmi les livres. Des amis en toute saison Sans lesquels je ne peux pas vivre.

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Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine Et nos amours Faut-il qu'il m'en souvienne La joie venait toujours après la peine Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure Les jours s'en vont je demeure Les mains dans les mains restons face à face Tandis que sous Le pont ...

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L'anémone et l'ancolie Ont poussé dans le jardin Où dort la mélancolie Entre l'amour et le dédain Il y vient aussi nos ombres Que la nuit dissipera Le soleil qui les rend sombres Avec elles disparaîtra Les déités des eaux vives Laissent coule...

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Le mai le joli mai en barque sur le Rhin Des dames regardaient du haut de la montagne Vous êtes si jolies mais la barque s'éloigne Qui donc a fait pleurer les saules riverains Or des vergers fleuris se figeaient en arrière Les pétales tombés des...

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Puces, amis, amantes même, Qu'ils sont cruels ceux qui nous aiment! Tout notre sang coule pour eux. Les bien-aimés sont malheureux.

Guillaume Apollinaire

J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère L'automne est morte souviens-t'en Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre Odeur du temps brin de bruyère Et souviens-toi que je t'attends

Guillaume Apollinaire

Come to the edge, He said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew . . ." — Guillaume Apollinairet French poet

Guillaume Apollinaire

Quelle sarebbero state le parole finali ma... Ancora il fascino?

Guillaume Apollinaire

You alone in Europe are not ancient oh Christianity The most modern European is you Pope Pius X And you whom the windows observe shame keeps you From entering a church and confessing this morning You read the prospectuses the catalogues the billboard...

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Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowd As herds of bellowing buses drive by Love's anguish tightens your throat As if you were never to be loved again If you lived in the old days you would enter a monastery You are ashamed when you disc...

Guillaume Apollinaire

Oh Paris From red to green all the yellow dies away Paris Vancouver Hyeres Maintenon New York and the Antilles The window opens like an orange The beautiful fruit of light ("Windows")

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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Guillaume Apollinaire

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

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Joy always came after pain.

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It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.

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When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.

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Author Bio

  • NameGuillaume Apollinaire
  • DescriptionFrench poet
  • AliasesWilhelm Albert W?odzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki
  • BornAugust 26, 1880
  • DiedNovember 9, 1918
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer
  • AwardsMort Pour La France