Arthur Rimbaud Quotes

Arthur Rimbaud was a French writer, known for Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat). He published his first poem at the age of 16, and stopped writing at the age of 21. He was also an adventurer, who traveled through Egypt, Ethiopia, Ogadain, and beyond. Here are a few quotes from Arthur Rimbaud:

• "And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is Love!"
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "I is another."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "Life is the farce which everyone has to perform."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "One evening I sat Beauty on my knees - And I found her bitter - And I reviled her."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth."
  - Arthur Rimbaud
  
  
• "What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world."
  - Arthur Rimbaud