“Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.”
Author details
Related authors
Other Gaston Bachelard Quotes
So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.
Gaston Bachelard 
60% of people like this quote
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.
Gaston Bachelard
56% of people like this quote