Gaston Bachelard
@ A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition. [L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942]
@ Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. [The Psychoanalysis of Fire, ch. 2, "Fire and Reverie" (1938)]
@ To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water. [L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942]