as quoted in Letters of the great artists – from Ghiberti to Gainsborough, Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963, p . 232
1908 - 1920, On Mystery and Creation, Paris 1913
“A woman is more beautiful than the world in which I live, and I close my eyes.”
Une femme est plus belle que le monde où je vis, Et je ferme les yeux.
Cited: Leon-Gabriel Gros. "A miracol mostrare." Cahiers du Sud. (1953) p. 36.
Citation reported: Sara Sturm-Maddox. Petrarch's laurels. (1992). Penn State Press. p. 68.
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Une femme est plus belle que le monde où je vis, Et je ferme les yeux.
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