If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters… — Gaston Bachelard
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
The Poetics of Space · 1958
★ 5.9Provenance
Current citation
Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space, translated by Maria Jolas. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.
Original citation
Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.
