"The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen... The desert is beautiful," the little prince added. And that was true. I have alw… - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen... The desert is beautiful," the little prince added. And that was true. I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams... "What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well..." I was astonished by a sudden understanding of that mysterious radiation of the sands.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944) was a French writer, poet and aviator.
Biography information from
Wikiquote·
Portrait adapted from
Wikimedia Commons, Distributed by Agence France-Presse (Public domain / CC0)
Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
•
Antoine de St. Exupery
•
Saint-Exupery
•
Saint-Exupéry
•
Antoine Marie Roger, Vicomte de Saint-Exupéry
•
Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Shorter versions of this quote
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...
He spoke again: “The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.
Quand tu regarderas le ciel, la nuit, puisque j’habiterai dans l’une d’elles, puisque je rirai dans l’une d’elles, alors ce sera pour toi comme si riaient toutes les étoiles. Tu auras, toi, des étoiles qui savent rire.
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI
Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.
