French Poetry Quotes

• Love is the poetry of the senses.

  Honore de Balzac

  Love, Valentines Day, Valentine's Day

  Honore De Balzac (2005). “The Physiology of Marriage and Pierre Grassou”, p.56, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Let's be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell's degree in 19th century French poetry in 'Groundhog Day'.

  Marco Rubio

  Groundhog Day, Degrees, Bills

  "Marco Rubio's 'American Dreams': 10 key quotes" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. January 09, 2015.

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• I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went.

  Paul Auster

  Breathing, Paris, America

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• I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

  Paul Auster

  Tables, Pay, Way

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• When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Acting, Literature, Columbia

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• I hate French poetry. What measured glitter!

  Israel Zangwill

  Hate, Poetry, Glitter

  Israel Zangwill (1908). “Dreamers of the Ghetto”, p.560, Library of Alexandria

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• German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts "beauty." It tries to be truthful.

  Paul Celan

  Beauty, Truth, Poetry

  Paul Celan, Rosemarie Waldrop (2003). “Collected Prose”, p.15, Psychology Press

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