Gaston Bachelard

Quotes

• “If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.”

• “The mollusk's motto would be: one must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.”

• “A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.”

• “Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.”

• “There is no original truth, only original error.”

Books by Gaston Bachelard in order

Books by Gaston Bachelard in the order they were published, from Le nouvel esprit scientifique (1934) to Intuition Of The Instant (2013).

1. 1Le nouvel esprit scientifiqueLe nouvel esprit scientifique1934
2. 2LautréamontLautréamont1939
3. 3La philosophie du nonLa philosophie du non1940
4. 4L'eau et les rêvesL'eau et les rêves1942
5. 5La psychanalyse du feuLa psychanalyse du feu1949
6. 6Le materialisme rationnelLe materialisme rationnel1963
7. 7Psychoanalysis of FirePsychoanalysis of Fire1964
8. 8The Poetics of SpaceThe Poetics of Space1964
9. 9Water and DreamsWater and Dreams1965
10. 10The Philosophy of NoThe Philosophy of No1968
11. 11The Poetics of ReverieThe Poetics of Reverie1969
12. 12On Poetic Imagination and ReverieOn Poetic Imagination and Reverie1971
13. 13The Right to DreamThe Right to Dream1971
14. 14The New Scientific SpiritThe New Scientific Spirit1984
15. 15Air and DreamsAir and Dreams1988
16. 16The Flame of a CandleThe Flame of a Candle1988
17. 17Fragments of a Poetics of FireFragments of a Poetics of Fire1997
18. 18The Dialectic of DurationThe Dialectic of Duration2000
19. 19Earth and Reveries of WillEarth and Reveries of Will2002
20. 20Formation of the Scientific MindFormation of the Scientific Mind2006
21. 21Intuition Of The InstantIntuition Of The Instant2013