…mean, I read Proust when he first came out in 1914, Du Quartier de Chez Swan. Then I read the French poets then. The Mallarmé made an immense impression upon me. And still does. I'm still very fond of him. And Rambo made an immense impression on me…

…the need, in fact, to actualize our potentialities, to become what we potentially are. I think of the extraordinary line which Mallarmé wrote in his sonnet about Edgar Allan Poe, where he says, Tel qu'en lui-même, enfin, l'éternité le change. as eternity…

…of words. There's a very interesting and instructive story which concerns the great French painter Degas and the equally great French poet Mallarmé, Degas in his spare time used to write verses and one day he met Mallarmé and said to Mallarmé it's a…

…painter Degas and the equally great French poet Mallarmé, Degas in his spare time used to write verses and one day he met Mallarmé and said to Mallarmé it's a terrible thing Mallarmé I don't know what happens I have such wonderful ideas but when I write…

…equally great French poet Mallarmé, Degas in his spare time used to write verses and one day he met Mallarmé and said to Mallarmé it's a terrible thing Mallarmé I don't know what happens I have such wonderful ideas but when I write them down the verse…

…Mallarmé, Degas in his spare time used to write verses and one day he met Mallarmé and said to Mallarmé it's a terrible thing Mallarmé I don't know what happens I have such wonderful ideas but when I write them down the verse is very bad it isn't…

…don't know what happens I have such wonderful ideas but when I write them down the verse is very bad it isn't poetry and Mallarmé answered my dear Degas Poetry is not made with ideas, it is made with words. And this is the profoundly important fact. I…