The ever-present phenomenon ceases to exist for our senses. It was a city dweller, or a prisoner, or a blind man suddenly… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“The greater part of a men who speak ill of women are speaking of a certain woman.” — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love. — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Man, in spite of his tendency towards mendacity, has a great respect for what he calls the truth. Truth is his staff… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“La Nebuleuse is a poem of lovely & deep perspective, where, symboloized by artless beings, are seen the successive generations of men following each… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it, & that's all. It is thus that we should love.” — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“Those men who live with the greatest intensity are often the ones who seem to take least interest in life.” — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“The man of genius may dwell unknown, but one always may recognize the path he has followed into the forest. It was a giant… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for by other existences; no life flowers except… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty- to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free. — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“It is a communion at once mystic & real, in the guise of metal. Money which is liberty, is also fecundation. It is the… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
