Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing!

Heureux ceux qui voient de belles choses dans les endroits modestes où d'autres ne voient rien.

Camille Pissarro

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Topic

Finding beauty Paying attention Perception Observation Beauty

Author

Camille Pissarro

Source

Letters of Camille Pissarro

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

U.S. Virgin Islands Caribbean

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Original Citation

Pissarro, Camille. Letter to his son Lucien. 26 July 1893.

Current Citation

Pissarro, Camille. Quoted in Letters of the Great Artists: From Blake to Pollock, edited by Richard Friedenthal. Random House, 1963.

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Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

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Medium
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Time
1890 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4.

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Beauty will save the world.

Adelaida

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Topic
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Adelaida

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The Idiot
Medium
Novel
Language
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Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Идиот [The Idiot]." The Russian Messenger, 1868–69.

Current Citation

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

Voltaire

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Topic
Existence of God God

Author

Voltaire
Source
Letter to the Author of The Three Imposters
Medium
Letter
Language
French
Time
1768 1760s 18th century
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Voltaire. Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs [Letter to the author of The Three Impostors]. 10 Nov. 1770.