Arthur Rimbaud
Born: 10-19-1854
Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet known for his profound influence on modern literature and the Symbolist movement. Born in 1854, he wrote most of his works, including the groundbreaking "A Season in Hell," during his teenage years. Rimbaud's innovative use of imagery and free verse left a lasting impact despite his brief literary career, which he abandoned at age 21 to pursue a life of adventure and exploration.
Book summaries for books written by Arthur Rimbaud
Quotes
I believe that I am in Hell, therefore I am.
I say that one must be a seer, make oneself a seer.
To be damned is to love oneself madly.
I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of squandering some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
The poet makes himself a seer by a long, immense, and reasoned derangement of all the senses.
What can one do in the face of this? Try my luck at anything whatever.
I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.
One must be absolutely modern.
The poet is a thief of fire.
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
I'm now making myself as scummy as I can. Why? I want to be a poet, and I'm working at turning myself into a seer.
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you are avenged!