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Guillaume Apollinaire

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Biography - Guillaume Apollinaire:

Born: 1880 - Died: 1918
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Beauty is mainly no more than simplicity.


Note 

Note




Quote source: Chant de l’honneur

Wikisource - Apollinaire - Calligrammes (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La beauté n'est la plupart du temps que la simplicité.

German
Schönheit ist meistens nur Einfachheit.




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Quotes for: simplicity


Quotes

Quotes about simplicity:


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





The language of truth is simple.





Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.





Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.





Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.





Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.











Quotes for: beauty


Quotes

Quotes about beauty:


All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.





All the diversity, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.





Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.





What beauty is, I know not.





I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.











Quotes

Guillaume Apollinaire also said...


The time has come to light the stars again.





Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.





When you have time you have freedom.





Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.





I picked this sprig of heather
Autumn has died you must remember
We shall not see each other ever
I'm waiting and you must remember
Time's perfume is a sprig of heather













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