"Simplicity is the essence of the great, the……" — George Sand
"Simplicity is the essence of the great, the true, and the beautiful in art."
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98 Quotes by George Sand
George Sand has 98 quotes on this site.
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Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation, which is…
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One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double.…
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It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and…
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A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown…
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Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.
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Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us…
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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all…
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I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the…
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The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes...
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I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent…
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If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans.…
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Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
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More Art Quotes
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
— Pietro Aretino
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
— Aristophanes
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them…
— Aristotle
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,…
— Aristotle
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,…
— Karen Armstrong
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new…
— Darren Aronofsky
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I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your…
— Arthur Ashe
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
— Isaac Asimov
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