“Three times blessed be the counsel that has come to me.”

Original: Trois fois béni soit le conseil qui m’est arrivé! — The line captures a moment of apparent relief amid Rimbaud’s larger account of spiritual crisis. · A Season in Hell, Night in Hell, 1873 (French)

• Faith
• Hope
• Suffering

“The unknown requires new forms.”

Original: L’inconnu réclame des formes nouvelles. — Rimbaud argues that genuinely new experience demands equally innovative artistic expression. · Letter to Paul Demeny, 15 May 1871 (French)

• Creation
• Form
• Innovation

“May the day come when I can escape slavery and have enough income to do only as much, and only what, I please.”

Original: Ah! qu’il arrive, le jour où je pourrai sortir de l’esclavage et avoir des rentes assez pour ne faire qu’autant et que ce qu’il me plaira! — Financial independence represents freedom from exhausting labour and the power to choose how to live. · Letter from Aden, 29 May 1884 (French)

• Freedom
• Money
• Work