Paul Valery Quotes - Page 7

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• Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

  Paul Valery

  Mistaken, Impeccable

  "The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe" by Julian Symons, (Pt. 1, Epilogue), 1978.

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• The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.

  Paul Valery

  Oracles, Folly, Oneself

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• Stupidity is not my strong suit.

  Paul Valery

  Strong, Stupidity, Suits

  "Monsieur Teste". Book by Paul Valery, 1919.

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• From the moment that photography appeared, the descriptive genre began to invade Letters... In verse as in prose the décor and exterior aspects of life took an almost excessive place.

  Paul Valery

  Photography, Letters, Moments

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• The mere notion of photography, when we introduce it into our meditation on the genesis of historical knowledge and its true value, suggests the simple question: Could such and such a fact, as it is narrated here, have been photographed?

  Paul Valery

  Photography, Simple, Historical Knowledge

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• The power of verse stems from an indefinable harmony between when it says and what it is.

  Paul Valery

  Art, Poetry, Harmony

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