Paul Claudel Quotes
Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.
Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.
When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.
Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.
All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.
In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.
It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.
The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.
While she was working on Maturity, ... M. Rodin is well aware that people have imagined that he did my sculpture why then do all one can to give credence to these lies.
Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!
How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods
The words I use Are everyday words and yet are not the same! You will find no rhymes in my verse, no magic. There are your very own phrases.
