Paul Valéry Quotes
Most popular Paul Valéry Quotes
![All our foes are mortal. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/43/20043A-all-our-foes-are-mortal-paul-valery.png)
All our foes are mortal.
![A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/38/43238A-a-poem-is-never-finished-only-abandoned-paul-valery.png)
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
![A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/22/8922A-a-man-is-infinitely-more-complicated-than-his-thoughts-paul-valery.png)
A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.
![A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/33/27533A-a-businessman-is-a-hybrid-of-dancer-calculator-paul-valery.png)
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
![Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/21/14921A-two-dangers-constantly-threaten-the-world-order-disorder-paul-valery.png)
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.
![A poem is never finished—it's always an accident that ends it. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/55/37455A-a-poem-is-never-finished-its-always-accident-that-ends-paul-valery.png)
A poem is never finished—it's always an accident that ends it.
![An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/85/50185A-an-artist-never-really-finishes-his-work-he-merely-abandons-paul-valery.png)
An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it.
![Advertising has annihilated the power of the most powerful adjectives. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/13/22013A-advertising-has-annihilated-the-power-of-most-powerful-adjectives-paul-valery.png)
Advertising has annihilated the power of the most powerful adjectives.
![The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/80/53480A-the-trouble-with-our-times-is-that-future-is-not-paul-valery.png)
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
![Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/77/29177A-everyman-has-his-back-to-his-death-like-talker-leaning-paul-valery.png)
Everyman has his back to his death, like the talker leaning against the mantelpiece.
![The object of all psychology is lo give us a totally different idea of the things we know best. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/52/21352A-the-object-of-all-psychology-is-lo-give-us-totally-paul-valery.png)
The object of all psychology is lo give us a totally different idea of the things we know best.
![The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/80/38280A-the-purpose-of-psychology-is-to-give-us-completely-different-paul-valery.png)
The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
![The function of the poet is not to be inspired himself, but to create inspiration in his readers. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/68/5468A-the-function-of-the-poet-is-not-be-inspired-himself-paul-valery.png)
The function of the poet is not to be inspired himself, but to create inspiration in his readers.
![Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/85/37785A-politics-is-the-art-of-preventing-people-from-taking-part-paul-valery.png)
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
![Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/85/10585A-science-means-simply-the-aggregate-of-all-recipes-that-are-paul-valery.png)
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
![The notes I handle no better than many pianist. But the pauses between the notes, ah, that is where the art resides! - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/25/10025A-the-notes-i-handle-no-better-than-many-pianist-but-paul-valery.png)
The notes I handle no better than many pianist. But the pauses between the notes, ah, that is where the art resides!
![God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/19/21619A-god-created-man-and-finding-him-not-sufficiently-alone-gave-paul-valery.png)
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
![The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/10/36010A-the-world-acquires-value-only-through-its-extremes-endures-only-paul-valery.png)
The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.
![The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. - Paul Valéry quote.](/img/q/54/36954A-the-folly-of-mistaking-a-paradox-discovery-metaphor-proof-torrent-paul-valery.png)
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.