Arthur Rimbaud Quotes

A collection of quotes by Arthur Rimbaud.

Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) was a French poet known for his groundbreaking contributions to symbolism and his avant-garde approach to poetry. Born in Charleville, France, Rimbaud began writing poetry at a young age. He gained recognition for his collection "Les Illuminations" and his prose poem "Une Saison en Enfer" (A Season in Hell), which explored themes of love, spirituality, and self-discovery. Despite a short-lived literary career, Rimbaud's unique and daring style had a lasting impact on the literary world. After abandoning writing, he pursued various adventures and eventually settled as a merchant in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia).

one single true word: it is, COME BACK. I want to be with yo

one single true word: it is, COME BACK. I want to be with you, I love you. If you listen to this you will prove your courage and sincerity. Otherwise, I am sorry for you. But I love you. I kiss you and we'll see eachother again...

Love Courage

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone t

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm not here anymore, when you no longer feel my arms around your shoulders, nor my heart beneath you, nor this mouth on your eyes, because I will have to go away someday, far away...' And in that instant I could feel myself with him gone, dizzy with fear, sinking down into the most horrible blackness: into death.

Fear Love Suicide

Cela s'est passÃ©. Je sais aujourd'hui saluer la beautÃ©.

Cela s'est passÃ©. Je sais aujourd'hui saluer la beautÃ©.

Beauty Appreciation

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreakin

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

Sadness

For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting a

For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks backcloths, inn-signs, cheap colored prints; unfashionable literature, church Latin, pornographic books badly spelt, grandmothers novels, fairy stories, little books for children, old operas, empty refrains, simple rhythms.

Style

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

Youth

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Youth

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees --And I found her bitte

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees --And I found her bitter --And I reviled her.

Beauty

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Life

And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is G

And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! -- But the great Faith is Love!

God

I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.

I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.

Hell

Identity

What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world

What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world.

Life

The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning lov

The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.

Sunshine

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my mi

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.

Parenting

I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not

I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.

Expectation

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Knowledge