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.
Gaston BachelardWhat action could bodies and substances have if they were not named in a further increase of dignity where common nouns become proper nouns?
Gaston BachelardOf course, any simplification runs the risk of mutilating reality; but it helps us establish perspectives.
Gaston Bachelard