Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. – Gaston Bachelard
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. – Gaston Bachelard
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that childs world and thus a world event. – Gaston Bachelard
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. – Gaston Bachelard
An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better. – Samuel Butler