René Daumal
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content . . . it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
—Rene Daumal, A Night of Serious Drinking
Posted on February 21, 2003 at 9:57 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are cheques drawn on insufficient funds.
—Rene Daumal, A Night of Serious Drinking
Posted on June 5, 2001 at 9:55 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
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.
—Rene Daumal, A Night of Serious Drinking
Posted on January 21, 2002 at 10:59 AM
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