Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautréamontwas the pseudonym of Isidore-Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. He died at the age of 24...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1846
CountryFrance
poetry
Poetry must be made by all and not by one.
beauty believes considered face himself man rather suppose suspects throughout
Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
alone balance genius health plus quality sums supreme taste
Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.
alliance escape evil form laws power stone stronger
It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.
desire despair drew good naturally oppress order register sings sublime
Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy.
family great mediocre men universal utopia worthy
The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.
action aim captured educate escape forget mind remember strength thoughts-and-thinking
When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.
punishment sleep
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.
grandiose known luminous whoever
Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!
cruel degrees despair doubt melancholy sad start
Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness.