Remy De Gourmont
... Remy de Gourmont (April 4, 1858, Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne – September 27, 1915, Paris) was a French Symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic ... (The spelling Rémy de Gourmont is incorrect, albeit common and used by Ezra Pound in translations of his work.) ...Famous quotes containing the word gourmont:
“If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be—not understood, but divined.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)