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The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace

The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace

Gaston Bachelard
Dream, Owning A Home, House
Gaston Bachelard (2014). “The Poetics of Space”, p.34, Penguin

Our house is our corner of the world.

Gaston Bachelard
House, World, Corners

Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or withdraw into ourselves, is a symbol of solitude for the imagination; that is to say, it is the germ of a room, or of a house.

Gaston Bachelard
Space, Imagination, House
"'Large White House Speaking' by Mark Irwin" reviewed by Alexis Orgera, therumpus.net. April 23, 2014.

A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.

Gaston Bachelard
Space, House, Boxes
Gaston Bachelard (2014). “The Poetics of Space”, p.55, Penguin

One must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.

Gaston Bachelard
House
"The Poetics of Space". Book by Gaston Bachelard, 1964.

To go upstairs in the word house is to withdraw step by step; while to go down to the cellar is to dream.

Gaston Bachelard
Dream, House, Steps
"The Poetics of Space". Book by Gaston Bachelard, 1964.

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