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Paul Claudel Biography

Paul Claudel (French: [pɔl klɔdɛl]; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptress Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Claudel was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in six different years.

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All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

Dignity, Everything, Everything Happens For A Reason, Expression, Happens, Meaning

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Hell, Imagination, Man, Men, Paradise On Earth, Result

You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.

All Things, Become, Nothing, Poet, Thanks

While she was working on Maturity,. . . M. Rodin is well aware that people have imagined that he did my sculpture why then do all one can to give credence to these lies.

Aware, Credence, Lying, Maturity, People

Art imitates nature not in its effects as such, but in its causes, in its 'manner,' in its process, which are nothing but a participation in and a derivation of actual objects, of the Art of God himself.

Art, Causes, Effects, Nature, Process

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

Catastrophe, Champagne Drinking, Gentlemen, Glasses, Remains, Wine

Now I know that at the heart of the universe is joy.

Heart, Joy, Know, Knows

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Fill, Jesus, Presence, Remove, Suffering

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

Christ, Live, People, Speak

Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?

Doctor, Doctors, Food, Sausage, Think, Thinking

In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

Emotion, Exist, Movement, Poetry, Soul, Words

The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.

Baptize, Children, Christian, Daring, Frenchman, Wine

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

Diplomats, Long, Noses, Politics, See

How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

Feet, Alive, Breathe, Gods, Envying, Breathes

The words I use Are everyday words and yet are not the same! You will find no rhymes in my verse, no magic. There are your very own phrases.

Everyday, Magic, Phrases, Verse