Alphonse de Lamartine Quote

I have always believed that music and poetry detract from each other when they are associated. Each is an art complete in itself: music contains its own feeling and beautiful poetry its own melody.


Méditations Poétiques (1849)


I have always believed that music and poetry detract from each other when they are associated. Each is an art complete in itself: music contains its...

I have always believed that music and poetry detract from each other when they are associated. Each is an art complete in itself: music contains its...

I have always believed that music and poetry detract from each other when they are associated. Each is an art complete in itself: music contains its...

I have always believed that music and poetry detract from each other when they are associated. Each is an art complete in itself: music contains its...