Yves Bonnefoy
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Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016, Paris) was a French poet and art historian.
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Quotes
[edit]- Mais je ne puis rien te répondre: car les mots
Ont ceci de cruel qu'ils se refusent
À ceux qui les respectent et les aiment
Pour ce qu'ils pourraient être, non ce qu'ils sont.- But there is no answer I can give, for words
Can be cruel: they will resist
Those who respect and love them
For what they could be and not for what they are. - Ce qui fut sans lumière (1987), L'Orée du bois, st. 1. Translated by John Naughton, In the Shadow’s Light (U of Chicago P, 1991), "The Edge of the Woods", p. 47
- But there is no answer I can give, for words
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Yves Bonnefoy on Wikipedia
