"Qu'est-ce que l'Art, monsieur ? C'est la Nature concentrée."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated? — Part II. Un grand homme de province à Paris (A Distinguished Provincial in Paris) (1839), translated by Ellen Marriage, ch. I, section 5