233 – L’immaginaire de la tour eiffel

As a symbol of Paris, the Eiffel Tower has a meaning that goes far beyond tourism and the postcard that is admired everywhere. The imagination goes beyond the moment. It crosses history, from the strength of the people to that of the poets and painters who will defend the Tower with all their strength and imagination, during the historical avant-garde of the first half of the twentieth century. The cries of Apollinaire, Cendrars, Soupault and Aragon and the colours of Robert Delaunay are not mere poetic-pictorial images. These artists may have understood better than any other reading the revolutionary force of the Eiffel Tower, To succeed in life, you must have a futuristic project, you must have confidence, you must fight, you must never be demoralized, you must believe in the divine greatness of the human being.