Rmy de Gourmont Famous Quotes



Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.


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