Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices. Remy de Gourmont associateexactitudeidea Change image and share on social
We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. Remy de Gourmont intelligencelearnlive Change image and share on social
Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. Remy de Gourmont complexidealie Change image and share on social
Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. Remy de Gourmont aberrationchastitypeculiar Change image and share on social
Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live. Remy de Gourmont artdesireinclude Change image and share on social
Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction. Remy de Gourmont abstractionelementfact Change image and share on social
Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him. Remy de Gourmont emotiongrantman Change image and share on social
In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing. Remy de Gourmont flockindifferentlife Change image and share on social
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 accompliceaestheticart Change image and share on social
Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. Remy de Gourmont artisancapitalcentury share on social