More - Arthur Rimbaud Quotes

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

Arthur Rimbaud

 French Poet

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Arthur Rimbaud

 French Poet

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm not here anymore, when you no longer feel my arms around your shoulders, nor my heart beneath you, nor this mouth on your eyes, because I will have to go away someday, far away...' And in that instant I could feel myself with him gone, dizzy with fear, sinking down into the most horrible blackness: into death.

Arthur Rimbaud

 Fear

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Arthur Rimbaud

 Childhood French Poet

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Arthur Rimbaud

 Childhood French Poet

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm sure she's a saint in heaven right now. You are going to kill me the way he killed that woman.That is what's in store for all of us who have unselfish hearts.

Arthur Rimbaud

 Evil

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees /And I found her bitter /And I reviled her.

Arthur Rimbaud

 Beauty

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

Arthur Rimbaud

 French Poet

And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is Love!

Arthur Rimbaud

 Belief

Misfortune was my god.

Arthur Rimbaud

 French Poet