Goncourt

Goncourt

The Goncourt brothers (pronounced ) were Edmond de Goncourt (, 1822–96) and Jules de Goncourt (, 1830–70), both French naturalism writers who as collaborative sibling authors, were inseparable in life.

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Famous quotes containing the word goncourt:

    A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
    —Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

    The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
    —Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

    The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.
    The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.
    —Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)