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High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.

— Théophile Gautier L'Art. In Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternité
Et le buste
Survit la cité.

Original text (French)

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