Arthur Rimbaud Quotes


Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? - Through whose blood am I to wade ?


Citations

Rimbaud, Arthur. Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters. Translated by Wallace Fowlie, University of Chicago Press, 1966, p. 179.

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Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud
  • Born: October 20, 1854
  • Died: November 10, 1891
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet, Trader

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes, and his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he started writing at a very young age and excelled as a student, but abandoned his formal education in his teenage years to run away from home to Paris amidst the Franco-Prussian War. During his late adolescence and early adulthood he produced the bulk of his literary output, then completely stopped writing literature at age 20, after assembling his last major work, Illuminations.