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Alfred de Musset

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Biography - Alfred de Musset:

French dramatist, poet, and novelist.
Born: 1810 - Died: 1857
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

An unhappy nation makes great artists.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Un peuple malheureux fait les grands artistes.

German
Ein unglückliches Volk bringt die größten Künstler hervor.




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Quotes for: artist


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Quotes for: artist


Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.





The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.





Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.





Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.





True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.





Great artists have no country.











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Alfred de Musset also said...


Life is a sleep and love is its dream; and you have lived if you have loved.





One must not trifle with love.





Great artists have no country.





Everything that was is no longer; everything that will be is not yet. Look no further for the secret of our ills.





Everyone has his own glasses. But no one knows for sure what color the lenses are.





All men are not capable of great things, but all are sensitive to great things.












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