“Order is the pleasure of the reason; but disorder is the delight of the imagination.”

— Paul Claudel , The Satin Slipper

Si l'ordre est le plaisir de la raison, le désordre est le délice de l'imagination.
Le soulier de satin: ou, Le pire n'est pas toujours sûr (Paris: Gallimard, [1929] 1936) vol. 1, p. 12; John O'Connor (trans.) The Satin Slipper (London: Sheed & Ward, 1931) p. xxiii.

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Si l'ordre est le plaisir de la raison, le désordre est le délice de l'imagination.

Le Soulier de Satin ou Le pire n'est pas toujours sûr, 1929
Variant: L'ordre est le plaisir de la raison; mais le désordre est le délice de l'imagination

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