Remy de Gourmont Quotes

There is no art without Eros.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing that's ever happened in the world.'

The greatest music is made for love, not for money.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me this, and the occasional singer or film-maker or artist. But my most reliable sources of electricity are Henry David Thoreau, Shakespeare, Melville and Emily Dickinson.

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

All art is erotic.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

I love art more than anything in the world except for my family.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

I have so much love for art.

I just sit down and write. I never know when. The most recent one is 'Sarah Still,' which is about our life, Sarah and me. It's my favorite of all my poems.

I find love is the most vital part of life, of my art.

Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.

You can't make love without art.

To begin with, let us take the following motto...Literature is Love. Now we can continue.

Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

Art is the accomplice of love.

Singing is what got me into everything and made me fall in love with this industry.

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.