But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.
Alfred de Vigny
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More quotes by Alfred de Vigny
- Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.
- Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.
- But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.
- But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.