If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Published on August 9, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: Gaston Bachelard, La poétique de l’espace (The Poetics of Space) (1958), Chapter: 1.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say, the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to ... - Gaston Bachelard

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