Gaston Bachelard Quotes

Dreaming by the river, I dedicated my imagination to water, to clear, green water, the water that makes the meadows green.

Gaston Bachelard

• Water
• Imagination
• Green
• River
• Dreaming

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• Dreaming by the river, I dedicated my imagination to water, to clear, green water, the water that makes the meadows green.

  

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  • Water
  • Imagination
  • Green