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Arthur Rimbaud1854–1891

I say one must be a seer, make oneself a seer. The poet makes himself a seer by an immense, long, deliberate derangement of all the senses.

Arthur Rimbaud on poetry

Letter to Paul Demeny (May 15, 1871)

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