To name an object is to suppress three-fourths of the delight of a poem  

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"To name an object is to suppress three-fourths of the delight of a poem which consists of divining, little by little; to suggest it, that is the dream. It is the perfect use of this mystery which constitutes the symbol: to evoke an object little by little in order to show a mental state, or, inversely, to choose an object and bring forth from it a state of soul by a series of decipherings." -- Stéphane Mallarmé quoted in Enquête sur l'évolution littéraire (1891) by Jules Huret


"Nommer un objet, c’est supprimer les trois quarts de la jouissance du poème qui est faite du bonheur de deviner peu à peu : le suggérer, voilà le rêve. C’est le parfait usage de ce mystère qui constitue le symbole : évoquer petit à petit un objet pour montrer un état d’âme, ou, inversement, choisir un objet et en dégager un état d’âme, par une série de déchiffrements."

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"To name an object is to suppress three-fourths of the delight of a poem" is a dictum by Stéphane Mallarmé recorded in Enquête sur l'évolution littéraire (1891) by Jules Huret.

In French it reads: "Nommer un objet, c’est supprimer les trois quarts de la jouissance du poème."

Dutch translation

Een object benoemen betekent driekwart onderdrukken van de vreugde van de dichter die ligt in het geluk om stap voor stap de dingen te raden.

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