Guillaume Apollinaire quotes

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When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
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Machine
Man
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
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Nature
Truth
Purity
Unity
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
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Happiness
Now
Pursuit
Joy always came after pain.
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Joy
Pain
It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.
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Soul
Eyes
I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.
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Love
Men
Want
I hate artists who are not of their time.
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Time
Artists
Hate
Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.
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Men
Artists
Want
Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.
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Men
Nature
Artists
Poets
One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.
Guillaume Apollinaire
Father
A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
Guillaume Apollinaire
Nature
Justification