Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Renee Vivien

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British poet Renee Vivien.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Renee Vivien

Renée Vivien was a British poet who wrote in French, in the style of the Symbolistes and the Parnassiens. A high-profile lesbian in the Paris of the Belle Époque, she is notable for her work, which has received more attention following a recent revival of interest in Sapphic verse. Many of her poems are autobiographical, pertaining mostly to Baudelarian themes of extreme romanticism and frequent despair. She was the subject of a pen-portrait by her friend and neighbor Colette.

I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.
I have no right to beauty. I had been condemned to masculine ugliness.
What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life? — © Renee Vivien
What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?
I detest heavy perfume and shrill voices.
There are fewer ways of making love than they say, and more than one believes.
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