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. Remy de Gourmont on art
Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity. Remy de Gourmont on intelligence
We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. Remy de Gourmont on intelligence
If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be—not understood, but divined. Remy De Gourmont on bore