René Daumal: Frases en inglés
“What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.”
Foreword
A Night of Serious Drinking (1938)
Contexto: Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
“You cannot always stay on the summits. You have to come down again...”
Mount Analogue (1952)
“My observations are those of a beginner.”
Mount Analogue (1952)
Contexto: My observations are those of a beginner. As they are completely fresh in my mind and concern the first difficulties a beginner encounters, they may be more useful to beginners making their first ascents than treatises written by professionals. These are no doubt more methodical and complete, but are intelligible only after a little preliminary experience. The entire aim of these notes is to help the beginner acquire this preliminary experience a little faster.
Vol. 2, Essais et Notes
The Lie of the Truth (1938)
Vol. 2, Essais et Notes
The Lie of the Truth (1938)
“Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.”
“Poetry Black, Poetry White,” no. 19-20, Fontaine (Paris, March/April 1942)
Vol. 2, Essais et Notes
The Lie of the Truth (1938)
