Tout silence n'est fait que de non-dits.

- Marguerite Yourcenar, Alexis (1929)

Stones, like us, stand at the intersection of countless lines crossing one another and receding to infinity, at the center of a field of forces too unpredictable to be measured; and we awkwardly call the result chance, hazard, or fate.

Marguerite Yourcenar, from the introduction to The Writing of Stones by Roger Caillois

"Cuentos completos", de Marguerite Yourcenar

"Lo mejor para las turbulencias del espíritu, es aprender. Es lo único que jamás se malogra. Puedes envejecer y temblar, anatómicamente hablando; puedes velar en las noches escuchando el desorden de tus venas, puede que te falte tu único amor y puedes perder tu dinero por causa de un monstruo; puedes ver el mundo que te rodea, devastado por locos peligrosos, o saber que tu honor es pisoteado en las cloacas de los espíritus más viles. Sólo se puede hacer una cosa en tales condiciones: aprender."

—Marguerite Yourcenar. Sources II (Gallimard, 1999).

Qu'est la volupté elle même, sinon un moment d'attention passionnée au corps ?

Marguerite Yourcenar

"Una nuova Paidéia" Era il 2015 quando con Sandra Mugnaioni applicammo il #teatro al percorso di cittadinanza del @copernico.prato sperimentando e creando il primo Teatro di cittadinanza attiva su #prato Ed oggi eccolì qua...Con l'eredità raccolta da @nadiaandolina sono ormai 45 circa gli studenti coinvolti, divisi in drammaturghi e attori, ci tocca ormai fare le selezioni! Saranno loro a fine maggio a dare vita allo spettacolo che dà il titolo all'intera stagione teatrale Ciurmastorta: "IL TEATRO UNA VOLTA FERMAVA LE GUERRE" La generazione Zeta s'incammina in un viaggio alla ricerca del vero e perduto significato del Teatro. Così si inizia a manifestare quella mia visione di "Una nuova Piadéia" dove una intera scuola diventa Teatro, ossìa un Teatro che fa scuola. Il progetto è sostenuto da @ministeroistruzione PON FSE @ass.cieliaperti progetto #traguardiamo Fondazione CR Prato #theatre #scuola #pon #miur #paideia #ilteatrofermavaleguerre #nowar #theatron #gaia #thesongofachilles #zeta #generazionez #cechov #tennesseewilliams #yourcenar #patroclo #aristofane #lisistrata #ciurma #ciurmastorta (presso Liceo Scientifico "N. Copernico" - Prato) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCt3NZMEQF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

La lune qui pâlit d'avoir pitié des hommes Au bord des toits déserts verse un sanglot d'argent.

Marguerite Yourcenar, “Le lunatique”, 1930

A touch of madness is, I think, almost necessary for constructing a destiny.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980, as well as the seventeenth person to occupy seat 3. Yourcenar is renowned for her historical novels, which often explore philosophical and existential themes. Her most famous work is "Mémoires d'Hadrien" (Memoirs of Hadrian), a fictionalised autobiography of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

The novel showcases her meticulous research, vivid descriptions, and profound psychological insights into the characters. Speaking to the young Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor Hadrian recounts his memories, using a chronology and rigour of thought that are unique to him. It is an opportunity for Yourcenar to tackle her favourite themes: death, the duality of body and mind, the sacred, love, art and time.

Yourcenar's writings often delved into the complexities of human existence, the passage of time, and the search for meaning. She contemplated existential questions, delving into the depths of human emotions and experiences. Her works were characterised by introspection, introspective narration, and deep psychological analysis.

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One day- I graniti dell’’inevitabile e le frane del caso- #storytelling #self #oneday #drawing #painting #waiting #aloness #yourcenar #poetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CkP1-dps40y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

For my part I have sought liberty more than power, and power only because it can lead to freedom. What interested me was not a philosophy of the free man (all who try that have proved tiresome), but a technique: I hoped to discover the hinge where our will meets and moves with destiny, and where discipline strengthens, instead of restraining, our nature.

— Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar, translated from the French by Grace Frick