Alfred de Vigny
Biography
Quotes
- Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.
- But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.
- Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die? A world where, if two beings love each other and give their lives to each other, both can be sure that one will watch the other perish?