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> [When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/when-we-speak-in-gestures-or-signs-we-fashion-a-real-object-in-the/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

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## More by Emile Chartier

> [People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/people-who-are-upset-about-something-ruminate-on-it-whenever-they-get/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [As opposed to the incoherent spectacle of the world, the real is what is expected, what is obtained and what is discovered by our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/as-opposed-to-the-incoherent-spectacle-of-the-world-the-real-is-what/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [It is the human condition to question one god after another, one appearance after another, or better, one apparition after another, always pursuing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/it-is-the-human-condition-to-question-one-god-after-another-one/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/when-we-speak-in-gestures-or-signs-we-fashion-a-real-object-in-the/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/the-most-difficult-thing-in-the-world-is-to-say-thinkingly-what/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/it-is-not-difficult-to-be-unhappy-or-discontented-all-you-have-to-do/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/we-must-recognize-the-eloquence-of-our-passions-and-refuse-to-be/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [I have only one thing to say to the melancholy man: 'Look into the distance.' ... When you look at the stars or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/i-have-only-one-thing-to-say-to-the-melancholy-man-look-into-the/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [To think is to say no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/to-think-is-to-say-no/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/if-religion-is-only-human-and-its-form-is-man-s-form-it-follows-that/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [Man himself is an enigma in motion; his questions never stay asked; whereas the mold, the footprint, and by natural extension, the statue itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/man-himself-is-an-enigma-in-motion-his-questions-never-stay-asked/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/what-is-a-thousand-years-time-is-short-for-one-who-thinks-endless-for/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [ Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We \[should\] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/profound-sadness-is-always-the-result-of-an-unhealthy-condition-of/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/we-prove-what-we-want-to-prove-and-the-real-difficulty-is-to-know/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

> [Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-chartier/every-idea-i-get-i-have-to-deny-that-s-my-way-of-testing-it/)

[Emile Chartier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-chartier/)

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