Arthur Rimbaud

Poet French 1854 – 1891

French poet known for A Season in Hell and visionary works.

385 quotes

"Adventure is the antidote to the poison of routine."
Adventure
"Imagination is the only democracy that tyranny cannot suppress."
Imagination
"Technology extends our reach but narrows our understanding."
Technology
"History is the nightmare from which we are always trying to awake."
History
"Philosophy is the luxury of asking questions we never answer."
Philosophy
"Literature reveals what life conceals."
Literature
"Politics is the art of distributing scarcity fairly, which is impossible."
Politics
"War is the failure of all preceding conversations."
War
"Motivation without meaning is just momentum."
Motivation
"Inspiration strikes those too busy to run away."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the battleground where we learn to love ourselves."
Relationships
"Solitude teaches what company always conceals."
Solitude
"The seasons show us that attachment is the root of all suffering."
Nature
"Art is the lie that tells the deepest truth."
Art
"Science measures the distances between us while we search for closeness."
Science
"Music is the language of those for whom words always fail."
Music
"Faith is believing in what our eyes refuse to see."
Faith
"Leadership without doubt is merely tyranny wearing a smile."
Leadership
"Work becomes sacred only when it creates something beyond profit."
Work
"Dreams are the soul's way of telling us who we might become."
Dreams
"Humor is the signal that we have survived another day."
Humor
"Beauty is that which makes us forget ourselves."
Beauty
"Death is not an ending but a return to what we never left."
Death
"Perseverance is love trying again after hope has died."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the only antidote to the poison of bitterness."
Gratitude
"Creativity is the defiance of the possible."
Creativity
"Justice exists only in the hearts of those willing to fight for it."
Justice
"Patience is the art of disappearing while remaining present."
Patience
"Strength is not the absence of doubt but the refusal to be moved by it."
Strength
"Fear whispers truths that safety always conceals."
Fear