“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the i...” — Alfred de Vigny Quote

“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?”

“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?”