Marcel Proust Quote

Not only does one not retain all at once the truly rare works, but even within such works it is the least precious parts that one perceives first. Less deceptive than life, these great masterpieces do not give us their best at the beginning.

Remembrance of Things Past. Within a Budding Grove, I

Not only does one not retain all at once the truly rare works, but even within such works it is the least precious parts that one perceives first....

Not only does one not retain all at once the truly rare works, but even within such works it is the least precious parts that one perceives first....

Not only does one not retain all at once the truly rare works, but even within such works it is the least precious parts that one perceives first....

Not only does one not retain all at once the truly rare works, but even within such works it is the least precious parts that one perceives first....