Paul Valéry

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Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees.

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Valéry, Paul. Quoted in Robert Irwin: A Way to Look at Things by Not Forgetting Their Names, written by Adrian Kohn. c. 1982.

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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

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Valery, Paul. Moralites. Librairie Gallimard, 1932.

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The sea, the ever renewing sea!

The Graveyard by the Sea

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Valéry, Paul. "Le cimetiere marin [The Graveyard by the Sea]." Charmes ou poèmes. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1922.

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The right sort of love is recognized by the sort of joy, of general excitement, of exultant life which the presence of someone produces in us and which distinguishes them. You feel better when with them.

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Valéry, Paul. Notebook entry. c. 1945.

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