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Tag: Paul Valery

Writer’s Desk: Eventually, You Give Up

On November 3, 2024October 24, 2024 By chrisbarsantiIn Books, WritingLeave a comment
Paul Valéry, c.1925 (Henri Manuel)

Sometimes there is not much else to say, except that what applies to poetry can also be said about any piece of writing.

This is the great French critic and symbolist poet Paul Valéry, about how to know something is done:

A poem is never finished; it’s always an accident that puts a stop to it—i.e. gives it to the public.

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