Illuminations, Correspondance, 1873-1891 Quotes

“I want to be a poet, and I am working to make myself a seer: you will not understand this, and I don’t know how to explain it to you. It is a questioning of reaching the unknown by the derangement of all the senses. The sufferings are enormous, but one has to be strong, one has to be born a poet, and I know I am a poet.”
― Arthur Rimbaud, Illuminations, Correspondance, 1873-1891