Quotes by Stephane Mallarme

About Stephane Mallarme:

Stéphane Mallarmé was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.
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I should point out, creating one's own style, as much as is required to illustrate one of the aspects, the golden seam of language, involves beginning again at once, in a different manner, adopting the guise of a pupil when one risked becoming pedant...

Stephane Mallarme

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.

Stephane Mallarme

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

Stephane Mallarme

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.

Stephane Mallarme

The world exists to end up in a book.

Stephane Mallarme

The world was made in order to result in a beautiful book.

Stephane Mallarme

The flesh is sad, alas, and I have read all the books.

Stephane Mallarme

Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.

Stephane Mallarme

The poet Mallarmé listened to the painter Degas complaining about his inability to write poems even though “he was full of ideas.” “My dear Degas,” Mallarmé responded, “poems are not made out of ideas. They’re made out of words.

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There is only beauty / and it has only one perfect expression / poetry. All the rest is a lie /except for those who live by the body, love, and, that love of the mind, friendship. For me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itse...

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Dreams have as much influence as actions.

Stephane Mallarme

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

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The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

Stephane Mallarme

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.

Stephane Mallarme

Author Bio

  • NameStephane Mallarme
  • DescriptionFrench Symbolist poet
  • AliasesÉtienne Mallarmé; Stephane Mallarme
  • BornMarch 18, 1842
  • DiedSeptember 9, 1898
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPoet; Translator; Writer