Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence. Edmond de Goncourt absencebeginbook share on social
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. Edmond de Goncourt hearmuseumopinion Change image and share on social
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. Edmond de Goncourt badgeneralimpression Change image and share on social
That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum. Edmond de Goncourt hearmuseumnonsense Change image and share on social
The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals. Edmond de Goncourt contrarycrookenglish Change image and share on social
