Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.

It will always be a fact that the woman is the person one idealizes, also the person who wishes his idealization.

The reverie would not last if it were not nourished by the images of the sweetness of living, by the illusions of happiness.

The image can only be studied through the image, by dreaming images as they gather in reverie. It is a non-sense to claim to study imagination objectively since one really receives the image only if he admires it. Already in comparing one image to another, one runs the risk of losing participation in its individuality.

Dreaming by the river, I dedicated my imagination to water, to clear, green water, the water that makes the meadows green.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.