What is art? Nature concentrated.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Art Quotes, Nature Quotes

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they...

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they...

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.