255 Quotes by George Sand

I’m not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty.

The capacity of passion is both cruel and divine.

To eat together is one of the greatest promoters of intimacy. It is the satisfaction in common of a material necessity of existence, and if you seek a loftier meaning in it, it is a communion...

There is but on virtue – the eternal sacrifice of self.

Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren’t stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse – I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.

When I tried to draw near, you dissolved into air before my lips could touch you...

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one’s eyes...