Gaiety is forgetfulness of the self, melancholy is memory of the self: in that state the soul feels all the power of its roots, nothing distracts it from its profound homeland and the look that it casts upon the outer… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
For the last six or seven years the circus has no longer been in fashion. That is a pity. One should go to the… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish a calendar. Then it traces a genealogy. It imposes rhythms, it orders, it operates, it does not abandon the earth where its destiny must be fulfilled and whose own destiny must be fulfilled by it. Its history will… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share
German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Gaiety is forgetfulness of the self, melancholy is memory of the self: in that state the soul feels all the power of its roots,… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
I am not sure that Christ would have been very satisfied to foresee that He would be looked upon principally as a redeemer and… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing. — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and ... in the country of books where… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
