Poetry is one of the destinies of speech.... One would say … - Gaston Bachelard

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Poetry is one of the destinies of speech.... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher of science and literary critic.

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